Stress Ball Use on Anxiety

Istanbul Demiroglu Bilim University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemodialysis Complication; Anxiety; Stress

Treatments: Other: Stress ball use

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05533398

2022/014

Details and patient eligibility

About

Stress management in dialysis patients plays a key role in reducing these negativities and in maintaining both physical and mental well-being. In dialysis patients, on the other hand, the effectiveness of stress ball use on comfort and stress was evaluated, and no study was found that evaluated its effect on anxiety.

Full description

Stress ball is one of the non-pharmacological methods used to distract individuals when they consciously focus on a stimulus. With the squeezing of the ball, the nerves in the hands are stimulated and stimuli are sent to the limbic region of the brain, and these stimuli provide an acupressure effect. At the same time, it is the easiest and cheapest method that allows the mind to get away from stress and maintain the mental well-being of the person.

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older
• On maintenance hemodialysis three times per week for four hours per session
• Able to communicate in Turkish
• Willing to participate to the study

Exclusion criteria

• Having any health problems related to the hand/arm to use the stress ball
• Patients who did not want to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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65 participants in 2 patient groups

Stress ball use

Experimental group

Description:

They were asked to use the ball for at least 10 minutes during the dialysis treatment and when they felt stressed or unwell at home/work.

Treatment:

Other: Stress ball use

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

During the control condition, patients received standard care and did not use stress ball.