HD Patients' Depression and Happiness

Hemodialysis Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Impacts of Spiritual Health on Depression and Happiness Among Hemodialysis Patients: the Moderator Effects of Life-meaning and Post-trauma Growth

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06098924
• Other study ID #: NSCT-112-2014-H-255-009
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: September 10, 2023
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: October 2023
• Source: Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
• Contact: yachu hsiao, EdD
• Phone: 0939740890
• Email: yjshiao[@]mail.cgust.edu.tw
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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).

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Hemodialysis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Chang Gung University of Science and Technology	Taoyuan City	N/A = Not Applicable

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chang Gung University of Science and Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The status of spirituality among HD patients	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.	1 day
Primary	The status of life-meaning among HD patients	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.	1 day
Primary	The status of post-trauma growth among HD patients	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.	1 day
Primary	The status of depression among HD patients	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.	7 minutes
Primary	The status of happiness among HD patients	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.	1 day
Primary	The mediating effect of life of meaning and post-traumatic growth	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).	1 day