The Effect of Origami Activities on Comfort Level and Quality of Life

NCT07296757 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 1 other identifier: KAU-SBF-HA-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of origami activity on the comfort levels and quality of life of patients undergoing HD treatment.

Conditions

Hemodialysis Complication

Keywords

Hemodialysis; Origami; Comfort; Quality of life

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Hemodialysis Comfort Scale-Version II

  Due to the insufficient number of items in the previously developed Hemodialysis Comfort Scale Koşar and colleagues developed the Hemodialysis Comfort Scale -Version II (HDCS-II) scale was developed by Koşar and colleagues, and the same authors conducted validity and reliability studies. The scale consists of 26 items, and the responses to the items are prepared on a five-point Likert scale: never, very rarely, sometimes, very often, always.The scale has six subscales: physical relief, physical relaxation, psychospiritual relaxation, psychospiritual empowerment, environmental empowerment, and sociocultural relaxation. While the scale includes both reverse-scored and forward-scored items, the number of reverse-scored items is predominant. As the score on the scale increases, the patient's comfort also increases.

  Change in comfort at the beginning of the intervention and at the end of the second week and at the end of the fourth week

• Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form (KDQOLTM-SF 36.1.3)

  The Turkish reliability and validity of the scale developed by Hayy et al. (1994) was established by Yıldırım et al. (2007). The scale consists of 36 items divided into 5 dimensions. These subdimensions are symptom/problem list (12 items), impact of kidney disease (8 items), and burden of kidney disease (4 items). The Likert method is used for scoring each item. Scores range from 0 to 100 in each dimension.

  Change in comfort at the beginning of the intervention and at the end of the fourth week

Study Arms (2)

intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

group doing origami activities

Other: origami

Control grup

NO INTERVENTION

The group that did not undergo any intervention during hemodialysis and received routine care from nurses

Interventions

origami OTHER

origami activity during a hemodialysis session

intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 85 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years of age or older,
• Literate,
• Undergoing continuous hemodialysis treatment for at least six months,
• Receiving hemodialysis treatment three days a week,
• No visual impairment,
• No communication or perception problems and able to communicate in Turkish,
• No issues (wounds, arthritis, orthopedic impairments, etc.) in the upper extremities that would prevent paper folding,
• No arteriovenous fistula in the dominant arm used for folding,
• Has not received a psychiatric diagnosis and is not taking psychiatric medication,
• Voluntarily agrees to participate in the study,
• Has not previously participated in an activity such as origami.

You may not qualify if:

• Receiving dialysis treatment as an outpatient,
• Wishing to withdraw from the study at any stage

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kafkas University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Van Özel Diyaliz Merkezi

Van, 65030, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Ayşe Gül Parlak, PhD

  Kafkas University Health Science Faculty

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MsC student

Model Details: Experimental: Intervention Group Patients in the intervention group will participate in origami activities three days a week, each lasting approximately 30 minutes. No intervention: Control Group Patients in the control group will receive an origami activity booklet and origami paper after the study. Each origami activity will be performed using simple shapes, following the order in the researcher-prepared booklet (with the advice of the origami art instructor).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 24, 2025
• First Posted: December 22, 2025
• Study Start: December 8, 2025
• Primary Completion: January 8, 2026
• Study Completion: January 10, 2026
• Last Updated: December 22, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-12

Locations

TU (1)