NCT06217497

The Effect of Foot Massage in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

The Effect of Foot Massage Applied to Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis on Sleep Quality and Fatigue Level:Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Harran University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Nurse-Patient Relations

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Foot massage	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

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-08-31
• Primary completion: 2022-02-12
• Completion: 2022-06-10
• First posted: 2024-01-22
• Last updated: 2024-01-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)