The Effect of Sujok Therapy on Symptom Burden and Comfort Level in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis Treatment

Summary

Many symptoms such as fatigue, muscle cramps, dry mouth, and headache that develop in patients due to the hemodialysis treatment process affect the quality of life and comfort of people. Sujok therapy is an effective method in symptom management. Although sujok therapy is an uncomplicated acupressure, it has positive features such as being uncomplicated so that it can be applied by the patients themselves.

This study is planned as a single-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial. Research Hypotheses H0/1: Hydrotherapy has no effect on symptom burden in hemodialysis patients. H0/2: Hydrotherapy has no effect on hemodialysis comfort in hemodialysis patients.

H1/1: Hydrotherapy has an effect on symptom burden in hemodialysis patients. H1/2: Hydrotherapy has an effect on hemodialysis comfort in hemodialysis patients.

Inclusion criteria of volunteers

1. 18 years or older
2. To be on HD treatment for at least 6 months In our study, there are three groups as experimental, placebo and control groups.

Group application steps to be applied water jok therapy(experimental groups); The right foot in men and the left foot in women will be preferred, and the outer and inner surface of the foot will be massaged with a massage stick for an average of 3 minutes, then the middle of the area between the 3rd and 4th toes and the wrist line on the outer surface of the foot, which represents the kidney area in the macro system. The pain point will be determined with a diagnostic metal rod in the thoracic 12th spine and the area representing the lumbar 3rd spine region, and it will be fixed with the help of a Mexican bean seed patch in the appropriate size for the painful spot, and it will be ensured to remain in the area for at least 8 hours.

Group administration steps to be administered placebo ( Placebo Groups); It is planned that all the application steps will be the same as the group in which water jok therapy was applied, but instead of Mexican bean seeds, the use of red plastic number bean, which is used to improve the counting skill, is planned.

Control group application steps; It is planned to implement routine interventions applied in dialysis centers.

Sujok therapy and placebo application will be applied by the researcher during each dialysis session and it is planned to be carried out in a way to complete 14 sessions.

In the study, it is planned to use Dialysis Symptom Index together with Hemodialysis Comfort Scale Version Ⅱ for the groups before the application, after the seventh and fourteenth application.

Conditions

• Dialysis; Complications

Interventions

OTHER

Su Jok therapy

Sujok therapy will be applied with Mexican bean seeds 14 times with an interval of one day.

OTHER

placebo

Instead of the Mexican bean seed applied in sujok therapy, plastic beans will be applied 14 times with an interval of one day.

OTHER

routine interventions

routine applications in the hemodialysis unit

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ataturk University

  collaborator OTHER

• Candan DOGAN

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-09-30

Primary Completion

2023-10-31

Completion

2023-11-30