Post-Dialysis Fatigue and Recovery Time in Hemodialysis Patients

Fatigue Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Hand Massage on Post-Dialysis Fatigue and Recovery Time in Hemodialysis Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06416384
• Other study ID #: AU-SBE-SA-02
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 9, 2024
• Est. completion date: May 7, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Amasya University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 48
• Est. completion date: May 7, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: February 7, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fatigue
• Hemodialysis
• Massage

Intervention

Other:
• Hand Massage Group
The patients in the hand massage application group were asked by the researcher; Hand massage with olive oil was applied 12 times in total, three times a week for four weeks. No application was made to the side with fistula.
• Control Group
Patients in the control group received routine nursing care in the clinic for four weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Amasya University Institute of Health Sciences	Amasya	Merkez

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Amasya University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	fatigue severity	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.	one week= first session
Primary	recovery time	Recovery time after dialysis was evaluated before starting the application (pre-test)	One week= first session
Secondary	fatique severity	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.	After 4 weeks
Secondary	recovery time after dialysis	The effect of hand massage on recovery time after dialysis was measured	After 4 weeks