The Impacts of Spiritual Health on Depression and Happiness Among Hemodialysis Patients: the Moderator Effects of Life-meaning and Post-trauma Growth
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Hemodialysis
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
- Enrollment
- 300
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- The status of spirituality among HD patients
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of the study is to verify the mediating effect of life of meaning and post-traumatic growth in spirituality and psychological well-being (happiness, depression).
Detailed Description
The research design is cross-sectional correlational study. Convenient sampling will be used to conduct to data collection. There are 300 patients with hemodialysis from a hemodialysis institution in the north Taiwan, and data collecting with self-administrated questionnaires. The instruments include demographic and disease-related information, Spiritual Health Scale short form, Chinese Happiness Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory-II, Life Attitude Profile, Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. The SPSS 22.0 statistical software will be used to analyze the data. Descriptive statistics, such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation (SD) will be used for participant characteristics and outcome measures. T-test, chi-square, ANOVA, post-hoc, ANCOVA, and Person's correlation will be conducted to test the relationships between the research variables.
Investigators
Ya-Chu Hsiao
professor
Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients who are over 20 years old
- •voluntarily participate in the study and sign the respondent consent form
- •have received routine hemodialysis treatment for more than three months
- •have clear consciousness and can communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients whose medical records record a diagnosis of schizophrenia
- •patients are taking antidepressant drugs
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The status of spirituality among HD patients
Time Frame: 1 day
Self-administrated questionnaire of Spiritual Health Scale short form was used to collect data. The score range is 24 to 120, and the higher score means higher spirituality.
The status of life-meaning among HD patients
Time Frame: 1 day
Self-administrated questionnaire of Life Attitude Profile was used to collect data. The score range is 39 to 195, and the higher score means higher level of life-meaning.
The status of post-trauma growth among HD patients
Time Frame: 1 day
Self-administrated questionnaire of Posttraumatic Growth Inventory was used to collect data. The score range is 0 to 105, and the higher score means higher level of post-trauma growth.
The status of depression among HD patients
Time Frame: 7 minutes
Self-administrated questionnaire of Beck Depression Inventory-II was used to collect data. The score range is 0 to 63, and the higher score means higher level of depressive tendency.
The status of happiness among HD patients
Time Frame: 1 day
Self-administrated questionnaire of Chinese Happiness Inventory was used to collect data. The score range is 0 to 30, and the higher score means higher level of happiness.
The mediating effect of life of meaning and post-traumatic growth
Time Frame: 1 day
Using these scores form these scales (mention above) to verify the mediating effect of life of meaning and post-traumatic growth in spirituality and psychological well-being (including happiness, depression).