The Effect of Origami Activities on Comfort Level and Quality of Life

Official title

The Effect of Origami Activities on Comfort Level and Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis Treatment

Overview

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of origami activity on the comfort levels and quality of life of patients undergoing HD treatment.

Detailed description

Patients undergoing HD treatment must undergo dialysis 2-3 days a week, spend approximately 4 hours per day at the dialysis center, remain dependent on a center and caregiver throughout the treatment, experience mobility limitations, and experience disruptions in their social relationships. Patients can receive adequate treatment only if their physical, mental, and biochemical well-being are maintained.

Activities implemented by dialysis nurses during hemodialysis can be beneficial for HD patients. Art therapy, which is frequently of interest to individuals (painting, drawing, coloring, mandala painting, mural painting, clay modeling, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and model making), is a therapeutic activity that reduces anxiety, increases awareness, facilitates recovery from trauma, and improves social skills and self-esteem. Its benefits have been proven in various patient groups. Origami art is an art therapy known to provide behavioral, social, emotional, and psychomotor developmental benefits, and its therapeutic effects in HD patients have not been previously studied. In this context, this study aims to make a new scientific contribution to the literature of non-pharmacological nursing interventions by examining the effect of a 12-session origami activity on the comfort level and quality of life of patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment.

Interventions

• Other origami
  origami activity during a hemodialysis session

Primary outcome measures

• Hemodialysis Comfort Scale-Version II [Time frame: Change in comfort at the beginning of the intervention and at the end of the second week and at the end of the fourth week]
• Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form (KDQOLTM-SF 36.1.3) [Time frame: Change in comfort at the beginning of the intervention and at the end of the fourth week]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older,
• Literate,
• Undergoing continuous hemodialysis treatment for at least six months,
• Receiving hemodialysis treatment three days a week,
• No visual impairment,
• No communication or perception problems and able to communicate in Turkish,
• No issues (wounds, arthritis, orthopedic impairments, etc.) in the upper extremities that would prevent paper folding,
• No arteriovenous fistula in the dominant arm used for folding,
• Has not received a psychiatric diagnosis and is not taking psychiatric medication,
• Voluntarily agrees to participate in the study,
• Has not previously participated in an activity such as origami.

Exclusion criteria

• Receiving dialysis treatment as an outpatient,
• Wishing to withdraw from the study at any stage

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation

Randomized

Model

Parallel assignment

Masking

Single blind

Primary purpose

Supportive care

Study locations

Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center

• Van Özel Diyaliz Merkezi — Van

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07296757 · KAU-SBF-HA-01

Primary sources (government registries)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (US NIH)

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