Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:13 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:13 PM
NCT ID:
NCT04102969
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Hemodialysis patients who agree to participate in the study (by consent form).
* Hemodialysis patients begin alert, conscious, and oriented.
* Hemodialysis patients able to read and write in Arabic.
* Haemodialysis patients aged 18 years and above, participants of this age and above are adults and able to understand the items in the questionnaires in order to be able to answer them.
* Haemodialysis patients being on haemodialysis for at least six months and currently receiving haemodialysis at a minimum of two times per week. By 6 months, the routine for the hemodialysis procedure is established, and two times per week is the minimum number for dialysis sessions.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Hemodialysis patients with physical disability and physical limitation for learning and performing the Benson relaxation technique.
* Peritoneal dialysis or a kidney transplant patients.
* Patients who are taking antidepressants medication.
* Haemodialysis patients with cognitive impairment or mental health issues.
* Hemodialysis patients that face crisis intervention including changes in disease progress or loss of consciousness.
* Hemodialysis patients with emotional upheaval, such as death of a relative or a family member and divorce in their family, and those with any problems which had a negative impact on their mood during the previous month were excluded, The reason for these exclusions was that these complications might affect the concentration which is important in the relaxation technique and these patients might have difficulty in performing this procedure.
* No co-morbidity with other chronic disease like cancer, heart disease, etc. Diabetes and hypertension are included, because usually these co-morbidities are a part of renal failure; excluding them leads to limitation in generalization.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT04102969
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04102969