Effect of Serenity Therapy on Symptoms Distress, Coping Styles, and Emotional Regulation Among Geriatric Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Alexandria University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Geriatric Patients

Treatments: Behavioral: Sernity intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06255184

93/2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our research aims to examine the effect of the serenity therapy on symptoms distress, coping styles, and emotional regulation among geriatric patients undergoing hemodialysis. This study highlights the following question: what is the effect of the serenity therapy on symptoms distress, coping styles, and emotional regulation among geriatric patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Full description

In order to conduct this study, a randomized controlled trial research design was followed. The selected sitting for this study was the hemodialysis unit of the National Medical Institute at Damanhur city, El-Behaira Governorate, Egypt. Geriatric patients who were recruited for this study, meet the following inclusion criteria; being sixty years or more, scheduled for two or three weekly hemodialysis sessions for a minimum of three months, and having previously undergone hemodialysis for at least six months.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being sixty years or more
• Scheduled for two or three weekly hemodialysis sessions for a minimum of three months
• Having previously undergone hemodialysis for at least six months.

Exclusion criteria

• having kidney transplant or peritoneal dialysis, hearing or vision disorders that could impede communication, previous participation in serenity therapy program, and getting psychiatric or psychosocial treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Serenity GROUP

Experimental group

Description:

40 geriatric patients for the serenity group. They will receive the routine care in addition to the serenity therapy which included 8 sessions (1 introductory session, 4 face to face sessions at dialysis unit , and 3 mobile based sessions at home).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sernity intervention

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group received only the routine care provided at the dialysis unit with no extra interventions.