Post-Dialysis Fatigue and Recovery Time in Hemodialysis Patients

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Fatigue; Hemodialysis; Massage
• Interventions: Other: Hand Massage Group; Other: Control Group

• Registration Number: NCT06416384
• Lead Sponsor: Amasya University

Brief Summary

This study aims to examine the effect of hand massage on patients receiving HD treatment on the severity of post-dialysis fatigue and post-dialysis recovery time.

Detailed Description

After obtaining the necessary permissions for the research, informing the patients about the purpose, importance and method of the study by the researcher, and having the volunteer patients read and sign a consent form, the patients were randomly divided into two groups. Randomization of the groups was done in a computer environment.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-01-09
• Primary Completion: 2024-02-07
• Study First Submitted: 2024-05-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-05-14
• Study First Posted: 2024-05-16
• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-06
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-07
• Study Completion: 2024-11-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

• Those who are 18 years or older,
• Receiving hemodialysis treatment for at least 3 months,
• Receiving hemodialysis treatment three times a week,
• Does not have any open wounds in the area to be applied,
• No active fistula in the arm to be treated,
• Does not have a hearing impairment,
• Sufficient to understand the questions,
• Open to communication and cooperation,
• Volunteer and willing for research

Exclusion Criteria

• Having an active oncological problem or receiving oncological treatment,
• Those with health problems that require contact isolation,
• The number of dialysis sessions changed during the study,
• Those who lost their lives while working,
• Those who had a kidney transplant during the study,
• Those who want to leave voluntarily at any stage of the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control Group	Hand Massage Group	Patients in the control group received routine nursing care in the clinic for four weeks.
Hand Massage Group	Control Group	The researcher applied a hand massage to the hand area of the patients in the experimental group on the side without fistula for five minutes, three times a week for four weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
fatigue severity	one week= first session	Fatigue severity was evaluated before starting the application (pre-test); Post-Dialysis Fatigue Scale: Kodama et al. The "Post-Dialysis Fatigue Scale" developed by (2020) is a five-item likert type scale consisting of 13 items. The scale is used to evaluate the severity of fatigue by examining the factors associated with fatigue observed after the end of treatment in dialysis patients. According to Özen et al. (2021) the total number of items in the scale after Turkish validity and reliability made by is 11.
recovery time	One week= first session	Recovery time after dialysis was evaluated before starting the application (pre-test)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
fatique severity	After 4 weeks	The effect of hand massage on fatigue severity was measured; Post-Dialysis Fatigue Scale: Kodama et al. The "Post-Dialysis Fatigue Scale" developed by (2020) is a five-item likert type scale consisting of 13 items. The scale is used to evaluate the severity of fatigue by examining the factors associated with fatigue observed after the end of treatment in dialysis patients. According to Özen et al. (2021) the total number of items in the scale after Turkish validity and reliability made by is 11.
recovery time after dialysis	After 4 weeks	The effect of hand massage on recovery time after dialysis was measured

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Amasya University İnstitute of Health Sciences; 🇹🇷 Amasya, Merkez, Turkey