Clinical trial NCT04139759: THE EFFECT OF HAND AND FOOT MASSAGE ON FATIGUE IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
Official title: Randomized Controlled Quasi-experimental
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Hemodialysis Patients
Keywords: Nursing
Hemodialysis
Fatigue
Hand massage
Foot massage
Lead sponsor: Mersin University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-10-25
Enrollment: 84
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Hemodialysis patients face many problems related to disease and treatment, fatigue is stated as the most common of these problems. Therefore, The aim of this study is to examine the effect of hand massage and foot massage on fatigue in hemodialysis patients.

Detailed description: In parallel with the recent technological advances in medicine, increasing the possibilities of diagnosis and treatment of diseases has increased the average life expectancy and the incidence of chronic diseases. Chronic renal failure (CRF), which is one of the increasing chronic diseases, has become an important public health problem due to its negative impact on quality of life both in the world and in our country, high morbidity, mortality and treatment costs. According to the Joint Report of the Turkish Ministry of Health and Turkish Nephrology Association; by the end of 2016, Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) applied total 74,475 patients (including pediatric patients), RRT is applied and while the most common form of treatment has been found to be hemodialysis treatment with 76.12%. Unless a successful renal transplantation is performed, hemodialysis treatment required to be performed until the end of life and provides a longer life, but it also causes biological, psychological, social and economical problems arising from treatment. Fatigue, which often related to problems with its biological dimension, reduces the quality of life by adversely negatively affecting individual's daily life activities.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* - Taking HD therapy, in the dialysis unit of a public hospital in Turkey, between October 19, 2018 - February 11, 2019,
* Agree to participate in the study with a written permission,
* Over the age of 18,
* Open to communication with complete orientation,
* Speaks and understands Turkish
* Receiving HD treatment 3 times a week for 6 months and longer,
* No loss of sensation, mass, fracture or ingrown toenail (onyxis),
* In the lower extremities; without pathological and tumoral disease, phlesis, embolism and no bleeding disorder related to amputation, fracture, infection, wound, skin disease, muscle and bones,
* Patients with a Standardized Mini Mental Test (SMMT) score of 24 or more, in patients older than 65 years,

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pre-Hemodialysis / 1st Measurement
timeFrame: first day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: 2 Weeks Later /2nd Measurement
timeFrame: fifteenth day
Other outcomes:
measure: 4 Weeks Later/ 3rd Measurement
timeFrame: thirtieth day
Locations:
city: Batman
country: Turkey
facility: Batman Regional State Hospital
Study officials:
References:
citation: Astroth KS, Russell CL, Welch JL. Non-pharmaceutical fatigue interventions in adults receiving hemodialysis: a systematic review. Nephrol Nurs J. 2013 Sep-Oct;40(5):407-27; quiz 428.
citation: Ahmadidarrehsima S, Mohammadpourhodki R, Ebrahimi H, Keramati M, Dianatinasab M. Effect of foot reflexology and slow stroke back massage on the severity of fatigue in patients undergoing hemodialysis: A semi-experimental study. J Complement Integr Med. 2018 Sep 28;15(4). doi: 10.1515/jcim-2017-0183.