Recovery Time and Affecting Factors in Hemodialysis Patients

Patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) can experience symptoms such as lassitude, pain, muscle cramps, nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, rash, skin dryness, sleep disorders, and emotional and sexual problems after the treatment. Many chronic HD patients do not feel well after the treatment sessions and need some time to recover. This recovery time is defined as the time required to recover from the feelings of lassitude and fatigue.

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Key information

Conditions

Dialysis; Complications Life Quality

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Demiroglu Bİlim University, Istanbul, Sisli, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

The recovery time not only decreases the quality of life but also increases the risk of mortality and morbidity. As a prolonged recovery time affects both the patients and the healthcare professionals and caregivers, there has been increased interest on determining the modifiable treatment-related factors in the international literature. The patients are limited in their daily living activities at home and at work during this period and a significant amount of time is therefore required to go back to normal life.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

18 years or older
Being on HD for 4 hours a day on 3 days per week for at least 6 months
No communication problem
Volunteering to participate to the study

Exclusion criteria

Younger than 18 years
Shorter being on HD for 4 hours a day on 3 days per week for at least 6 months
Have communication problem
Not volunteering to participate to the study

Treatment and study plan

Post-dialysis recovery group

Other

Before the hemodialysis session, the patients were asked by the investigators how long it took them to recover from a dialysis session, taking the last treatment month into account.

Primary outcomes

Post-dialysis Recovery Time

Time frame: Up to 7 days

Before the hemodialysis session, the patients were asked by the investigators how long it took them to recover from a dialysis session, taking the last treatment month into account.
Number of Participants With Intradialytic Hypotension

Time frame: Up to 7 days

It is defined in the European Best Practice Guideline (EBPG) as a decrease of 20 mmHg or more in the systolic blood pressure or 10 mmHg or more in the mean arterial blood pressure together with symptoms requiring nursing intervention.
Rate of Dialysis Symptoms

Time frame: Up to 7 days

It was identified with Dialysis Symptom Index (DSI). DSI consists of 30 items. We queried the subjects regarding symptoms in the last 7 days. The effect was evaluated with a Likert type scale from 0 to 4, representing "not at all" to "significantly". The total score of the DSI ranges from 0 to 150. A score of zero reflects no symptoms while increasing total scores reflect increasing effects of the symptoms.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Istanbul Demiroglu Bilim University

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Registry information

Official study title

Do Biochemical Parameters and Intradialytic Symptoms Affect Post-dialysis Recovery Time?: A Cross-sectional Study

Important dates

Study start: 2019
Primary completion: 2019
Study completion: 2019
First posted: Feb 18, 2020
Registry last updated: Apr 19, 2021

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