Clinical trial NCT05024201: The Effect Of Therapeutic Touch On Loneliness and Hopelessness
Official title: The Effect Of Therapeutic Touch Applied to Hemodialysis Patient On The Level Of Loneliness And Hopelessness
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Loneliness
Hope
Keywords: Hemodialysis
Nursing
Loneliness
Hopelessness
Therapeutic Touch
Lead sponsor: Cukurova University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-08-27
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: In this study, two scales will be used to measure the loneliness and hopelessness levels of hemodialysis patients. Patients will fill in UCLA Loneliness Scale and BECK Hopelessness Scale.Therapeutic touch treatment method will provide nurses the holistic caregiver role for the feelings of loneliness and hopelessness experienced by the patients. When the literature is scanned, this study is unique because it has not been done before on hemodialysis patients.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The effect of therapeutic touch applied to hemodialysis patients on the level of loneliness and hopelessness is being investigated. It encourages nurses to practice therapeutic touch.

Detailed description: Chronic diseases are a challenging process that affects human life physiologically and psychologically. Chronic Renal Failure, which shows a significant increase in the world and in our country, also affects human life in every aspect. Hemodialysis treatment is used with a high rate in the treatment of patients diagnosed with End Stage Renal Failure.

Hemodialysis patients experience loneliness and hopelessness during their difficult and compulsory treatmet. Fear of being alone is an important problem affecting the patient's compliance with treatment. In addition, the other problem these patients experience is hopelessness. Hopelessness is an important factor that affects the patient's expectations for the future and the process of solving problems.

Therapeutic touch is a complementary and alternative treatment method. It is stated that this treatment method, which is successfully used by nurses, is good for loneliness and hopelessness. This method, which will be used on hemodialysis patients, is aimed to get away from the problems of loneliness and hopelessness.

In this study, two scales will be used to measure the loneliness and hopelessness levels of hemodialysis patients. Patients will fill in UCLA Loneliness Scale and BECK Hopelessness Scale.

Nurses should not ignore the problems of loneliness and hopelessness in hemodialysis patients. Therapeutic touch treatment method wil lprovide nurses the holistic caregiver role for the feelings of loneliness and hopelessness experienced by the patients. When the literature is scanned, this study is unique because it has not been done before on hemodialysis patients.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Having hemodialysis treatment for at least 3 months,
* Cognitive patients,
* Having a score of UCLA\> 20 and BECK≥4 scoring,
* Involved in the work with us.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients using traditional treatment for the disease were not included in the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The effect of therapeutic touch on loneliness in hemodialysis patients
timeFrame: Scales are filled after 3 days of application.
measure: The effect of therapeutic touch on hopelessness in hemodialysis patients
timeFrame: Scales are filled after 3 days of application.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bayram
country: Turkey
facility: ZEHRA
city: Osmaniye
country: Turkey
facility: Zehra Bayram
Study officials:
affiliation: Cukurova University
name: Songül Karadağ
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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