Effect of humor therapy on fatigue and anxiety in hemodialysis
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- End stage renal failure.Chronic kidney disease, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT20131113015393N4
- Lead Sponsor
- Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 62
Inclusion Criteria
Aged between 18 to 65 years
History of hemodialysis more than 6 months
Hemodialysis three times a week
Patients with dialysis charts in the hemodialysis centers and regular referring to the centers
Absent of disability or chronic disease
Exclusion Criteria
Recruited patients exclude if they voluntarily chose to withdraw from the study
patients exclude if they incompletely filled out study questionnaire
patients exclude if they hospitalize in hospital
patients exclude if they underwent kidney transplant surgery during the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fatigue and anxiety in hemodialysis patients. Timepoint: before and 4 week after intervention. Method of measurement: Fatigue severity scale (FSS) and Spillberger's anxiety scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method