The Effect of Spiritual Care on Life Expectancy and Death Anxiety in Hemodialysis patients.
Phase 2
- Conditions
- End stage kidney disease.Chronic kidney disease, stage 5
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016030826961N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria of the study: 1. end-stage chronic renal failure confirmed by the physician, 2. knowing the diagnosis and prognosis of their disease, 3. hemodialysis at least for 6 months, 4. having physical and mental capability of answering the questions, 5. not knowing the mental disorders diagnosed by the physician, and 6. having minimum ability of reading and writing.
Exclusion criteria of the study: 1. incidence of any stressful event for patients once the study has begun, 2. unwillingness to continue the study for any reason, and 3. hospitalization because of the disease relapse.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Death Anxiety. Timepoint: Before and one month after the start of the study. Method of measurement: Templer Death Anxiety Questionnaire.;Life Expectancy. Timepoint: Before and one month after the start of the study. Method of measurement: Life Expectancy Schneider Questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method