Elbow Pain in Hemodialysis Patients and… | Clinical Trial

Key information

Conditions

End Stage Renal Disease Chronic Disease Disease Attributes Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Kidney Diseases Kidney Failure, Chronic Male Urogenital Diseases Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Renal Insufficiency Renal Insufficiency, Chronic Signs and Symptoms Urogenital Diseases Urologic Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Private Balkan Hospital

Kırklareli, 39750, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

The study will include the patients undergoing hemodialysis. The patients with surgery at upper extremity in last 3 months, the presence of conditions such as cancer, chronic hearing loss and neurologic diseases affect the interview will be excluded. Sociodemographic properties which include age, gender, duration of dialysis, educational level, comorbid diseases, vascular access area, hand dominancy will be asked. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Score (Q-DASH) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) will applied to all patients.

All the demographic results and vascular access area for hemodialysis will be detected. All data for normality will be tested by using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. To compare the differences between groups, Mann Whitney U test will be used

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

being over 18 years old having hemodialysis treatment

Exclusion criteria

any surgical operation at upper extremity in last 3 months, the presence of conditions such as cancer, chronic hearing loss and neurologic diseases can affect the interview.

Treatment and study plan

Presence of elbow pain in patients with end stage renal disease

Other

The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) scores were measured for all patients to evaluate depression symptoms and health-related quality of life. The elbow pain presence was asked to all the patients, the patients with elbow pain were also evaluated with The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Score (Q-DASH) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). VAS detected as pain during rest, activity, night and pain at last week.

Primary outcomes

Kolmogorov-Smirnov test

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 month

All data for normality was tested by using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Namik Kemal University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2019
Primary completion: 2019
Study completion: 2019
First posted: Dec 5, 2019
Registry last updated: Dec 5, 2019

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