REIKI APPLICATION PAIN, FATIGUE AND ITCHING IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

Cumhuriyet University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemodialysis Complication

Treatments: Other: Reiki apply

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05531175

2020-06/24

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 74 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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74 participants in 2 patient groups

İntervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

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. The scales were administered to the individuals in the intervention groups three times in total.

Treatment:

Other: Reiki apply

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No treatment was applied to the control group. The scales were administered to the individuals in the control groups three times in total.