Status:

COMPLETED

Inhaled Lavender Applied at Hemodialysis Patients and Effect on Pain, Comfort, and Anxiety

Lead Sponsor:

Istanbul Demiroglu Bilim University

Conditions:

Hemodialysis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The procedure of puncturing during needle insertion and moving needles within the tissues, the insertion angle, diameter of needles, and insertion techniques all lead the patient to experience pain. H...

Detailed Description

Experience of the arteriovenous fistula puncture-related pain can have unpleasant effects on the patients, it causes that hemodialysis patients experience more disability, depression, irritability, an...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 18 years of age or older
  • On maintenance hemodialysis three times per week for four hours per session
  • Receiving hemodialysis therapy for a least six moths at the time of the study
  • Having the ability to smell
  • Able to communicate in Turkish
  • Willing to participate to the study

Exclusion

  • 18 years of age younger
  • Absence of psychiatric disorders that cause cognitive dysfunction, such as Alzheimer's disease or chronic psychosis
  • Pregnant women, patients with a history of allergies, respiratory diseases, neuropathy and peripheral vascular diseases
  • Administered with painkillers in the past 3 hours
  • Having infection at the fistula area
  • Requiring more than one attempt for fistula puncturing
  • Unwilling to to participate to the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 15 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 30 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

36 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04666363

Start Date

February 15 2021

End Date

May 30 2021

Last Update

August 31 2021

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Demiroglu Bilim University

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye), 34384