Identification of Stressors And Use of Coping Methods In Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Gurklis, Jean Anne; Menke, Edna M.

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“…Duration of dialysis is a factor that positively correlates with fatigue. 11,30 Cardenas and Kutner found that fatigue is a more serious problem for patients receiving dialysis for less than 4 years. 11 However, further research is needed, as Brunier and Graydon 18 and McCann and Boore 24 found that the duration of HD had no impact on fatigue in a person with renal failure who required maintenance hemodialysis.…”

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Fatigue in People Undergoing Hemodialysis

Mollaoğlu

2009

Dialysis & Transplantation

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AIM: Levels of fatigue as experienced by people undergoing hemodialysis (HD) were assessed using the Visual Analog Scale for Fatigue (VAS-F).METHOD: The VAS-F was completed by 138 people with ESRD who were patients of HD units in Sivas, Turkey. Demographic and renal health history data were also collected with a structured questionnaire. The statistical analyses used in order to evaluate the data include: student's t-test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Pearson correlation test, and logistic regression analysis.RESULTS: The level of fatigue experienced by people with HD in our study was high, and their energy level was low. Univariate analysis showed that levels of fatigue differed by gender, age, education, employment, and presence of anemia. However, logistic regression analysis, age, and duration of dialysis were found to be the independent predictors of fatigue. CONCLUSIONS:The results of the study indicated that high levels of fatigue are experienced. In order to improve patient care and promote patient's quality of life, nephrology professionals should understand the comprehensive assessment of fatigue and work with patients to initiate a range of strategies and interventions to address it.

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Fatigue in People Undergoing Hemodialysis

Mollaoğlu

2009

Dialysis & Transplantation

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“…Motivational effects may be stronger for thirst and drinking than hunger and eating. A revealing indication of this is derived from self-reports of the stress associated specifically with fluid restriction by those advised to limit total food and beverage intake such as hemodialysis (41, 42) and pre-surgery patients (43). For example, in one published account with self-reports of the discomfort associated with different aspects of the experience, thirst was rated as a 3.34 on a 5-point category scale (5=extreme) whereas hunger was rated only 1.31 while the anxiety and lack of sleep that preceded the surgical procedures were only rated as 2.12 and 1.84, respectively.…”

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Hunger and thirst: Issues in measurement and prediction of eating and drinking

Mattes¹

2010

Physiology & Behavior

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Associations between hunger and eating and between thirst and drinking are generally weak. This stems, in part, from limitations in the measurement of these sensations which generally rely on temporal, motivational, metabolic and/or self-reported descriptive indices. Each is critically reviewed. Also problematic is the fact that the deterministic depletion-repletion concept of ingestive behavior fails to account for influences of a multitude of contravening cognitive, social, sensory and logistical factors. Although hunger and thirst serve some parallel purposes, sharp distinctions are also present with health implications. Of particular note are the observations that thirst ratings are higher and more stable over the day compared to hunger and thirst may be more motivating to drink than hunger is to eat. Coupling these observations with evidence that beverages have limited satiety value, they pose particular challenges and opportunities. Beverages can facilitate the delivery of nutrients to those desiring or requiring them, but also to those where they are not desired or required. The benefits and risks are a function of their use rather than their inherent properties.

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“…Construct validity of the scale was tested by a panel of experts from the Midwest Nursing Research Society who were familiar with stress and coping literature and thus yielded a high percentage of agreement (Jalowiec and Powers 1981). The internal consistency reliability coefficient of the total scale has been reported to be .92 (Yeh and Chow 2007) and .84 for the problem-orientated coping sub-scale and .74 for the affective-orientated coping sub-scale (Gurklis and Menke 1988). The test-retest reliability of the Chinese instrument was assessed by a pilot study in which four chronic hemodialysis patients were administered the questionnaire twice over a 2-week span, and was found to have a reliability of .87 (Mok and Tam 2001).…”

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Gender Differences in Stress and Coping among Elderly Patients on Hemodialysis

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The study investigated whether gender differences in the stressor, coping strategies, and how they associate stress and copings among 875 elderly patients undergoing hemodialysis in Taiwan. Chi-square tests, MANOVA and Structural Equation Modeling were used to attain the research purposes. The results found that the women had reported higher stress in response to physical and vessel problems and higher scores in using emotionoriented and support-seeking coping strategies, while the men reported higher stress in reproductive system functioning and higher score in using avoidance as a coping strategy. Furthermore, the results from SEM demonstrated that after controlling for patient characteristics, no statistical difference was found between the two groups with regard to their linking of stress and coping strategies.

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Identification of Stressors And Use of Coping Methods In Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

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Fatigue in People Undergoing Hemodialysis

Fatigue in People Undergoing Hemodialysis

Hunger and thirst: Issues in measurement and prediction of eating and drinking

Gender Differences in Stress and Coping among Elderly Patients on Hemodialysis

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