The Effectiveness of Acupressure on Severity of Depression in Hemodialysis Patients
- Conditions
- Fatique in hemodialysis patients.Chronic kidney disease, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015070523044N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice President of Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Abstract <br /> Background and objectives: Depression is the most common mental health problem in hemodialysis patients that can have a negative impact on patients' quality of life. This study aimed to determine the effect of acupressure on severity of depression in hemodialysis patients.<br /> Methods: This study is a randomized clinical trial. Ninety-six hemodialysis patients in hemodialysis wards of Noor, Shariati, and Al-Zahra Hospitals were selected by convenient sampling method and randomly divided into three groups (32 patients) of intervention, placebo, and control groups. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire and Beck Depression Scale. Acupressure in the intervention and placebo groups was performed over 4 consecutive weeks, 3 times a week, each session lasting 20 minutes during the first 2 hours of dialysis at 6 acupressure points; with this difference that in the placebo group intervention was performed with one centimeter distance away from the true points. The control group received usual care. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, inferential (ANCOVA and LSD) and SPSS software version 11.5 was used.<br /> Results: Analysis of covariance showed a significant difference in the mean score of depression’s severity in the intervention group (P=0.001), but no significant difference in the mean score of depression’s severity in placebo and control groups (P=0.22).<br /> Conclusion: This study showed that acupressure reduced the severity of depression in hemodialysis patients and the use of this drug-free approach is suggested to hemodialysis nurses.<br /> Keywords: acupre<br />
- Detailed Description
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Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 96
age older than 18 years old; diagnosis of ERSD; undergoing
hemodialysis at least for 3 months; the patients with chief complaine of fatigue and having fatigue score =5 based on fatigue severity visual analogue scale; lack of any wound or fracture; being in complete psychological and mental health to attend the study and fill the questionnaire, and not having undergone complementary medicine treatment in the past 3 months of the study. Exclusion criteria: patient’s absence for two sessions of acupressure
intervention and lack of interest to continue the study.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fatigue. Timepoint: Before and two weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Piper Fatigue Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method