The effect of acupressure on sleep status of patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- end- stage renal disease.
- Registration Number
- IRCT138904144321N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Research Office of Ahvaz Jondishapour University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 48
Inclusion Criteria
ESRD patients who complain of sleep disturbance, age 18–65 years, Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis for at least three months, no upper or lower extremities amputation, stable mental status with no dementia, ability to communicate
Exclusion criteria: dialysis complications which require immediate intervention, presence of debilitating physical or mental illness and other diseases that compromise the ability to answer the questions, presence of major chronic diseases such as cancer or lupus erythematosus, presence of diabetic neuropathy, transfer the patient to intensive care units, surgery, infection, or bleeding during the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sleep quality. Timepoint: One week before and after completion of the intervention Acupressure. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method