The effect of foot reflexology on anxiety in patients undergoing hemodialysis
- Conditions
- hemodialysis.Care involving dialysis
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016051127841N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for research of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Having at least 18 years old and at least 6 months of dialysis history; tend to participate the study; patients in the weekly dialysis list who will be hemodialyzed at least 3 or 4 times.; having full consciousness; able to Listen and speak well for answering questions; The absence of fever(>37.5), bleeding , thrombosis , numbness or paralysis of the legs.; lack of any lesions in feet ; no history of depression or anxiety disorders and mental illness; Lack of fractures and infection in the lower extremities ; ability to speak in Persian; Lack of drug addiction; Lack of diabetic neuropathy ; no history of using plantar reflexology
Exclusion criteria: disinclination to cooperate and use of reflexology; Get a sedative drugs 4 hours prior to the intervention..
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety. Timepoint: after intervention. Method of measurement: Spielberger questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method