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.
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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
86
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.
Demiroglu Bİlim University
Istanbul, Sisli, Turkey (Türkiye)
Demiroglu Bilim University
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
Post-dialysis Recovery Time
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.
Time frame: Up to 7 days
Number of Participants With Intradialytic Hypotension
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.
Time frame: Up to 7 days
Rate of Dialysis Symptoms
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.
Time frame: Up to 7 days
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