Family-centered teaching vs patient-centered teaching on hemodialysis patient adherence of therapeutic regime
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- End stage renal disease.Chronic kidney disease, stage 5
- Registration Number
- IRCT201204161599N17
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
Inclusion Criteria
18 to 65 years old patients on hemodialysis three times a week and each time 3 to 4 hours of dialysis. The patients with positive history of muscle cramps or hypotension two weeks before the intervention. The patient had neither history of cardiovascular problems nor consuming any anti-hypertensive drugs or history of musculoskeletal problems. The patients should not be in uremic phase. Patient’s primary care taker will have the highest participation in the treatment and should be able to read and write at least. Exclusion criteria: 1- patients who are candidates for transplantation during the study. 2-patients who change nutrition or drug programs by physicians
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hypotension. Timepoint: before dialysis, first, second, third, fourth and final hour of dialysis. Method of measurement: checklist.;Muscle cramps. Timepoint: in middle and final half-an-hour of dialysis. Method of measurement: checklist.;Adherence to therapeutic regimen. Timepoint: once before intervention and once in the fourth week after intervention. Method of measurement: researcher-made questionnaires.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method