Effectiveness of acupressure in fatigue and specific blood parameters of patients undergoing hemodialysis in tertiary hospital of Udupi district Karnataka.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- End Stage Renal disease patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/06/007007
- Lead Sponsor
- Ms Daisy Josphine Lobo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 74
Inclusion Criteria
Intervention _ acupressure for experimental group, Comparator - Control group will receive sham acupressure.
1.Patients who are on maintenance hemodialysis Biweekly/thrice in a week.
2.Patients who are willing to participate in the study
3. patients who are alert and able to verbally respond
Exclusion Criteria
Critically ill patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method changes in fatiguelevel, oxidative parameters, hematological biochemical parameters.Timepoint: changes in fatigue level,will be measured on at the time of enrolment,every 15 days from the time of enrolment as well as at the end of 8th week , oxidative parameters, hematological biochemical parameters. oxidative parameters, hematological biochemical parameters will be measured at the time of enrolment aswellas on the 8th week of enrollment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Contributing factors of fatigue, that is functional ability, sleep quality, mental well being statusTimepoint: at the time of enrolment, every 15 days and on completion of eight weeks of intervention.