Effect of Foot Bath on the Severity of Pain, Fatigue and Insomnia in Patients With Acute Renal Failure

Amasya University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Renal Failure; Pain

Treatments: Other: Foot bath

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06613087

Naz-682

Details and patient eligibility

About

One of the non-pharmacological methods that is easily applied, tolerated by the patient, and has no significant side effects is the foot bath. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of a foot bath applied to patients with acute renal failure on the severity of pain, fatigue, and insomnia.

Full description

Introduction: One of the non-pharmacological methods that is easily applied, tolerated by the patient, and has no significant side effects is the foot bath.

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of a foot bath applied to patients with acute renal failure on the severity of pain, fatigue, and insomnia.

Method: The sample of this study will consist of 54 individuals who meet the inclusion criteria among patients with acute renal failure hospitalized in the internal medicine department of a training and research hospital in Amasya. The research data will be collected using a personal information form, numerical pain scale, fatigue severity scale, and insomnia severity index.

Conclusion: In diseases such as acute renal failure that develop suddenly and require hospitalization, it is important to use and evaluate the effectiveness of simple, applicable non-pharmacological methods in order to quickly control the symptoms of patients and ensure their comfort. The study results will contribute to the literature in this field.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Those over the age of 18
• Those hospitalized in the internal medicine clinic with a diagnosis of acute renal failure
• Those who speak and understand Turkish
• Those who consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Those with cognitive dysfunction
• Those diagnosed with chronic renal failure
• Those with wounds on their feet
• Those whose vital signs are not within normal limits (fever, high blood pressure, bradycardia, tachycardia, etc.)
• Those receiving hemodialysis treatment for acute renal failure
• Those taking medication for insomnia
• Those who did not consent to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Foot bath

Experimental group

Description:

In the foot bath application, the feet will be kept in water at a constant temperature of 38-40 °C for about 20 minutes. During this time, the water temperature will be checked with a thermometer at intervals. Foot bath applications will be performed for 3 days, on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th days of hospitalization.

Treatment:

Other: Foot bath

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will receive standard care. No intervention will be applied to these patients during the follow-up period, only data collection forms will be applied. Data collection forms will be collected in the same time period as the intervention group.