Clinical trial NCT05531175: REIKI APPLICATION PAIN, FATIGUE AND ITCHING IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
Official title: INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF REIKI APPLICATION ON PAIN, FATIGUE AND ITCHING IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Hemodialysis Complication
Lead sponsor: Cumhuriyet University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-09-07
Enrollment: 74
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The research sample consisted of 74 individuals, including the intervention group (n=37) and the control group (n=37), who received hemodialysis treatment at Sivas Cumhuriyet University Application and Research Hospital Hemodialysis Unit, Sivas Numune Hospital Hemodialysis Unit and Private ONR Dialysis Center. The data of the study were collected using the Patient Description Form, the Patient Clinical Parameters Form (Some Treatment Data and Laboratory Results, Measurement of Pain Intensity), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), McGill Melzack Pain Questionnaire, Piper Fatigue Scale, and 5-D Itch Scale. A total of 10 sessions of reiki were applied to the patients in the intervention group twice a week for 5 weeks, lasting 40-45 minutes during dialysis. No treatment was applied to the control group. The scales were administered to the individuals in the intervention and control groups three times in total.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* The research sample consisted of patients who had no difficulties in communicating and had no mental problems, who had undergone hemodialysis treatment for at least one year, who were 18 years of age or older and who agreed to participate in the study, who did not receive complementary alternative treatment for symptom management, and who experienced symptoms of fatigue, itching and pain.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Those younger than 18 years of age, those receiving hemodialysis treatment for less than a year, those with communication difficulties, those with psychiatric problems, and those who wanted to leave the study were not included in the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pain Status Visual Analog Scale Visual analog scale and A short form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire
timeFrame: Pain assessment was made at the first interview (basaline), in the second week of the reiki application, and in the fifth week of the reiki application. Changes in the pain level of the patients were observed.
measure: Pain Status A short form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire Visual analog scale and A short form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire
timeFrame: Pain assessment was made at the first interview (basaline), in the second week of the reiki application, and in the fifth week of the reiki application. Changes in the pain level of the patients were observed.
measure: Piper Fatigue Scale
timeFrame: Fatigue assessment was made at the first interview (basaline), in the second week of the reiki application, and in the fifth week of the reiki application. Changes in the fatigue level of the patients were observed.
measure: 5-D Itch Scale
timeFrame: Itching assessment was made at the first interview (basaline), in the second week of the reiki application, and in the fifth week of the reiki application. Changes in the itching level of the patients were observed.
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Locations:
city: Sivas
country: Turkey
facility: Esra BAŞER AKIN
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