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Study aim
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The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy on self-care and fatigue and role impairment due to physical health of hemodialysis patients.
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Design
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In this study, 60 hemodialysis patients who were admitted to hospital were selected. The participants were divided into intervention and control groups.
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Settings and conduct
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The research method was pretest-posttest with control group. The statistical population of this study was all hemodialysis patients who referred to dialysis department of Bou-Ali hospital in Ardebil in the second half of 1394. The sample size was 60 people who were selected by available sampling method and were randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria include the age of patients aged 20-70 years, the absence of a history of an accident or an illness in the last six months, the absence of history of depression, or admission to psychiatric causes before kidney failure, and hemodialysis, lack of physical or mental disability, minimum hemodialysis For 6 months and above the cut-off point "14" based on the BDI-II Depression Inventory, the outcomes included: reluctance to continue cooperation, the occurrence of any illness or severe disability, and transplantation
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Intervention groups
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Effectiveness of treatment based on admission and commitment to care, fatigue and role impairment due to physical health of hemodialysis patients
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Main outcome variables
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According to the results of this study, acceptance and commitment therapy to increase self-care, decreasing fatigue and role impairment have a significant effect on physical health in hemodialysis patients, and in increasing self-care, decreasing fatigue and role impairment due to physical health of patients, this study yielded significant improvements.