. Maryam Moosavi Nejad; . Nahid Shahgholian; . Rahele Samouei
Volume 8, Issue 6 , June 2018, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Patients undergoing hemodialysis have a low level of health and mindfulnesstechnique in mind‑body medicine is used to help patients with chronic illness. Therefore, ...
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INTRODUCTION: Patients undergoing hemodialysis have a low level of health and mindfulnesstechnique in mind‑body medicine is used to help patients with chronic illness. Therefore, this clinicaltrial was conducted to determine the effect of the mindfulness program on the general health ofpatients undergoing treatment with hemodialysis.METHODS: Sixty hemodialysis patients were selected through the convenient method and randomlydivided into experimental and control groups. Both groups completed demographic informationquestionnaire and general health questionnaire. Then, the experimental group received 8 sessions ofmindfulness training and the control group received 8 sessions of education in relation to end‑stage renaldisease and hemodialysis. Educational sessions were performed for both groups in the second 30 minafter hemodialysis for 1 h in six individual sessions and two 1.5 h group sessions. Immediately afterand 1 month after the intervention, the General Health Questionnaire was completed by both groups.RESULTS: Analysis of the findings showed no significant differences between the mean scoreof general health disorder and its subscales before the intervention in to two groups (P > 0.05).Nevertheless, after intervention in the experimental group, the mean of general health disorder scoredecreased from 44.17 ± 12.32 to 21.9 ± 6.4 and 1 month after the intervention, the mean scoreof this score was 23.6 ± 6.2. The mean score of physical symptoms, anxiety and sleep disorder,social functioning deficiency, and depression were also significantly lower in the experimental groupimmediately after intervention and 1 month after the intervention; however, there were no significantdifferences between the mean of this score immediately and 1 month after the intervention. In addition,the mean score of general health disorder changes immediately and 1 month after the interventionin the experimental group was significantly more than the control group. In the control group, therewas no significant difference between the mean score of general health disorder and its subscalesbefore, immediately, and 1 month after the intervention (P > 0.05).CONCLUSIONS: The results of this research showed that mindfulness has been effective in reducingphysical and anxiety symptoms, sleep disorder, social dysfunction, and depression symptoms.Therefore, the use of mindfulness as a complementary treatment can improve the general healthlevel in these patients.
