The Effect of Foot Reflexology Applied on Dialysis Patients

NCT04756999 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Issue: 2020/29-48
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Reflexology is massage therapy used to maintain and improve health, as well as relieve some symptoms. Foot reflexology, which is thought to have an effect on dialysis symptoms, will be applied to hemodialysis patients in 9 sessions. In this study, it is aimed to determine the effect of foot reflexology applied to dialysis patients on sleep, anxiety and quality of life.

Conditions

Nursing Caries

Keywords

reflexology; dialysis; nursing care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• sleep

  improvement in sleep quality. The patients' sleep quality score were collected by the Richard-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire. The scale has a 100-mm line with words describing the poorest possible sleep (0 mm) to the best possible sleep (100 mm).

  nine sessions of foot reflexology massage will be given to reflex points including the solar plexus, brain, pituitary, thyroid, diaphragm, upper lymphs, lung, spinal cord and adrenal glands for 3 weeks.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• anxiety

  nine sessions of foot reflexology massage will be given to reflex points including the solar plexus, brain, pituitary, thyroid, diaphragm, upper lymphs, lung, spinal cord and adrenal glands for 3 weeks.

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

informed consent forms, nine sessions of foot reflexology massage will be given to reflex points including the solar plexus, brain, pituitary, thyroid, diaphragm, upper lymphs, lung, spinal cord and adrenal glands for 3 weeks. Then data collection tools were applied.

Behavioral: massage therapy

Control

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

informed consent forms, foot massage were performed. Then data collection tools were applied.

Behavioral: massage therapy

Interventions

massage therapy BEHAVIORAL

Reflexology is massage therapy used to maintain and improve health, as well as relieve some symptoms.

Control; Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 85 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Conscious and oriented with no communication problem
• Agreeing to participate in the study
• Receiving hemodialysis treatment 3 times a week for 6 months or more
• Patients who have no problem to apply massage; Those who do not have any skin lesions, burns, pathological diseases related to muscles and bones, phlebitis, embolism or bleeding disorder.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who have received hemodialysis treatment for less than 6 months.
• Patients with diabetic neuropathy
• Those who have any skin lesions, burns, open wounds, muscle and bone-related pathological disease, phlebitis, embolism or bleeding disorder in the foot.
• Patients with infection

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dokuz Eylul University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Başkent University, İzmir Çiğli Dialysis Center

Izmir, 35340, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Massage

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Therapy, Soft Tissue; Musculoskeletal Manipulations; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Rehabilitation

Study Officials

• Gülşah Gürol Arslan, PhD

  Associate professor

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Single Blind Randomised Controlled Trial
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Model Details: Randomised Controlled Trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 12, 2021
• First Posted: February 16, 2021
• Study Start: January 12, 2020
• Primary Completion: June 20, 2021
• Study Completion: June 20, 2021
• Last Updated: June 22, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)