To improve the quality of life of hemodialysis patients and provide better control for post dialysis fatigue in regular hemodialysis patients.
Post-dialysis fatigue (PDF) is a prevalent and debilitating symptom among patients undergoing regular hemodialysis, characterized by a persistent sense of physical and mental exhaustion following dialysis sessions This condition adversely affects patients' quality of life, daily functioning, and adherence to treatment regimens .Despite its high prevalence, PDF remains under-recognized and inadequately addressed in clinical practice. The etiology of PDF is multifactorial, encompassing physiological, psychological, and lifestyle-related factors. Recent studies have identified several predictors of PDF, including sleep disorders, the presence of comorbidities, the number of weekly dialysis sessions, and the duration of hemodialysis treatment . The symptoms and severity of PDF are evaluated using various scales. In cases of PDF, to examine the subjective symptoms of patients themselves, it is useful to utilize patient-based outcomes. However, in conventional PDF studies, the evaluation indices have not been uniform. First, in studies evaluating fatigue after dialysis based on the "time," "frequency," and "intensity" the reliability and validity of the scales were not examined. Second, the recovery time is not an index that measures PDF directly but instead an indirect indicator that measures the "time to recover from hemodialysis." Third, the fatigue scale does not measure true PDF but rather chronic fatigue experienced by dialysis patients . in that research we use time recovery to assess post-dialysis fatigue and we use also two different fatigue scales visual analogue scale to evaluate fatigue severity and fatigue severity scale In that research we address risk factors of PDF and apply the scales on regular hemodialysis patients in hemodialysis unit of Assiut University Hospital.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
155
Identification of predictive factors significantly associated with post-dialysis fatigue
Demographic, clinical, psychological factors significantly associated with post-dialysis fatigue.
Time frame: about 2 years
Determination of the most effective assessment tool for measuring post dialysis fatigue.
assessment tool for measuring post dialysis fatigue by using recovery time recovery time of post dialysis is time to recover from hemodialysis
Time frame: about 2 years
Estimated prevalence of post-dialysis fatigue in the study population.
by using a questionnaire
Time frame: about 2 years
Estimated severity of post-dialysis fatigue in the study population.
by using questionnaire
Time frame: about 2 years
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