The Effect of Foot Massage in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

Harran University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nurse-Patient Relations

Treatments: Other: Foot massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06217497

Hemodialysis and Foot Massage

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hemodialysis patients were divided into experimental and control groups. Foot massage was applied to the patients in the experimental group. Foot massage was not applied to the patients in the control group and routine nursing care was provided. Pre-test, mid-test and post-test sleep quality and fatigue level scores of the patients were determined.

Full description

An experimental study design was used to conduct this research on 73 hemodialysis patients treated in a hemodialysis unit. The aim of this study is to investigate how foot massage applied to hemodialysis patients affects sleep quality and fatigue level.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Inclusion Criteria were determined as follows:

  • Having a PSQI score of 5 points and above
  • Receiving HD treatment for at least 6 months
  • Having no neuropathy d) Using no sleeping pills
  • Having no communication problem
  • Having full orientation and no psychiatric problems
  • Having no conditions in the lower extremities and feet that would preclude massaging (no open wounds on the skin, orthopaedic and joint problems, oedema, abscess, infection, thrombophlebitis, deep vein thrombosis, thrombocytopenia, etc.)
  • Having no history of allergy to the oil used for massage.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria were determined as follows:

• Receiving less than 6 months of HD treatment
• Having communication problem
• Suffering from neuropathy
• Having incomplete orientation and any psychiatric problem
• Having a PSQI score below 5
• Having conditions in the lower extremities and feet that would preclude massaging (open wounds on the skin, orthopaedic and joint problems, oedema, abscess, infection, thrombophlebitis, deep vein thrombosis, thrombocytopenia, etc.) and having a history of allergy to the oil used for massage

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

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

After the patients in the experimental group were informed verbally and in writing and consented to participate in the study, the Patient Information Form, the Piper Fatigue Scale (PFS), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were applied in the first interview and the initial readings were obtained. The researcher received training on a classical massage from an expert massage therapist before the foot massaging application. Patients in the experimental group were subjected to a foot massage with baby oil for 10 minutes during HD treatment three times a week for four weeks, 12 times in total. At the end of the second and fourth weeks after the foot massage, the second and third readings were recorded by repeating the PFS and PSQI.

Treatment:

Other: Foot massage

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients in the control group were not subjected to any intervention other than routine HD treatment and nursing care. The first readings were obtained by applying the Patient Information Form, PFS and PSQI at the first interview, and the second and third measurement values were obtained by repeating the PFS and PSQI at the end of the second and fourth weeks.