Effects of Effleurage Massage on physiological stress in hemodialysis patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Hemodialysis patients.Extracorporeal dialysis
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014121520326N1
- Lead Sponsor
- north khorasan univesity of medical sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 41
Inclusion Criteria
at least six months of dialysis; ablility to communicate verbally; age over 18 years old; not being candidate for a kidney transplant; no history of physical stress (damage) and psychological (bereavement, grief, etc.); not having pacemaker; no amputation in lower or upper extermities; not taking psychiatric treatment medications.
Exclusion criteria: unwillingness to continue in the study; use of drugs affecting mental illness, admission in hospital for any reason; surgery and infection during the study
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physiological stress. Timepoint: each week for 4 weeks. Method of measurement: questionnaire Hemodialys is Stress Scale(HSS).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Muscle cramps, fatigue, itching, joint stiffness, soreness caused by inserting the needle, nausea and diarrhea and constipation. Timepoint: each week for 4 weeks. Method of measurement: questionnaire Hemodialys is Stress Scale(HSS).