IRCT2017041333245N2 IRCT 2017-10-17 Deputy of Research and Technology of Shahed University;Elderly Research Center of Shahed University The effect of thermal therapy on uremic pruritus and quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis The effect of thermal therapy on uremic pruritus and quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis 2017-04-30 anticipated 40 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/25705 interventional Randomization: Not randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment. N/A uremic pruritus. Intervention 1: Control group: The non-thermal therapy group received drug therapy and routine care. The principal investigator stayed with these patients for the same duration as the thermal therapy group. Intervention 2: The intervention: A system for thermal therapy was used for this study. A quiet and warm room with a far-infrared ray device was used and participants were placed in a supine position on a bed for 15 minutes and kept warm by being wrapped in a blanket. Those in the thermal therapy group were treated with 40C thermal therapy with FIR. A constant temperature of 40C FIR may allow multiple energy transfer into subcutaneous tissue without irritating or overheating the skin.Thermal therapy was performed once a day for 15 minutes on two days a week for a total of 18 sessions. The participants remained on bed rest with the blanket for an additional 30 minutes after the thermal therapy in each session.