Elbow Pain in Hemodialysis Patients and Its Effect on Daily Living Activities of the Patients

End Stage Renal Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Elbow Pain in Hemodialysis Patients and Its Effect on Daily Living Activities of the Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04188210
• Other study ID #: 2019
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: November 2019
• Source: Namik Kemal University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

The study will include the patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Description:

The study will include the patients undergoing hemodialysis. The patients with surgery at upper extremity in last 3 months, the presence of conditions such as cancer, chronic hearing loss and neurologic diseases affect the interview will be excluded. Sociodemographic properties which include age, gender, duration of dialysis, educational level, comorbid diseases, vascular access area, hand dominancy will be asked. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Score (Q-DASH) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) will applied to all patients.

All the demographic results and vascular access area for hemodialysis will be detected. All data for normality will be tested by using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. To compare the differences between groups, Mann Whitney U test will be used

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 135
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: April 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• being over 18 years old having hemodialysis treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

• any surgical operation at upper extremity in last 3 months, the presence of conditions such as cancer, chronic hearing loss and neurologic diseases can affect the interview.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• End Stage Renal Disease
• Kidney Failure, Chronic

Intervention

Other:
• Presence of elbow pain in patients with end stage renal disease
The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) scores were measured for all patients to evaluate depression symptoms and health-related quality of life. The elbow pain presence was asked to all the patients, the patients with elbow pain were also evaluated with The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Score (Q-DASH) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). VAS detected as pain during rest, activity, night and pain at last week.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Private Balkan Hospital	Kirklareli

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Namik Kemal University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (2)

Fidan F, Alkan BM, Tosun A, Altunoglu A, Ardiçoglu Ö. Quality of life and correlation with musculoskeletal problems, hand disability and depression in patients with hemodialysis. Int J Rheum Dis. 2016 Feb;19(2):159-66. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12171. Epub 2 — View Citation

Kane SF, Lynch JH, Taylor JC. Evaluation of elbow pain in adults. Am Fam Physician. 2014 Apr 15;89(8):649-57. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Kolmogorov-Smirnov test	All data for normality was tested by using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test	through study completion, an average of 1 month