Effect of acupressure on constipation of hemodialysis patients
- Conditions
- Chronic Renal failure.Chronic kidney disease, stage 5
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015043022027N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for research of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria:
Having constipation based on Rom 3 criteria (having 2 criterion from 6 criterion of constipation); having at least 6 months of hemodialysis; having dossier in dialysis unit; having hemodialysis 3 times and every times 4 hours in weeks; having full consciousness and ability of hearing and speaking; not having skin disease, progressive heart failure or stroke based on claim of patients; not having amputation or an ulcer at the site of acupressure; not using from laxatives in recently month; not having digestive disorders such as irritable bowel syndromes based on claim of patient, history and physical examination.
Disrupting or failure to completing the study because of transition to acute care unit; death, traveling or having transplantation surgery; stressful life event such as death of relatives; unwillingness to continue the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Daily defecation. Timepoint: Before intervention and 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Daily number of defecation.;Quality of stool. Timepoint: Before intervention and 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: compare of shape of stool with pictures of stool (based on Bristol criterion).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method