Virtual Museum Visit on Dialysis Symptoms and Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients

NCT ID: NCT06382714

Last Updated: 2026-01-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-05-15
• Study Completion Date: 2024-12-31

Brief Summary

The main purpose of dialysis used in the treatment of end-stage renal failure is; By relieving the patient from uremic symptoms, controlling excess fluid, electrolyte and acid base disorders, improving the well-being of the patients and also improving the quality of life of the patients. In addition to its contribution to the continuation of life, dialysis can significantly affect the biological and physiological balance and normal life order of patients. Some of these effects may be negative on patients. During this process, patients may frequently experience symptoms such as changes in fluid-electrolyte balance, increased fatigue, and weakness, as well as psychopathological conditions such as anxiety. In this context, it is extremely important to handle patients from a holistic perspective and keep their homeostatic balance under control during the hemodialysis process. In addition to pharmacological treatments, many integrative methods are used in the management of symptoms for reasons such as being low in cost, having fewer side effects than pharmacological treatments, and strengthening the immune system. Museum visit, one of these integrative treatment methods, has become an area of art therapy where help is received for various reasons such as coping with the symptoms of chronic diseases, reducing the side effects of medications, preventing mental depression, strengthening healthy behaviors, and avoiding tension and loss of control. In this context, the research was planned as a randomized controlled study investigating the effect of virtual museum tour on dialysis symptom index and anxiety in hemodialysis patients..T.R. The "https://sanalmuze.gov.tr" site belonging to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism will be shown to the patients five times and the virtual museum visit will be made by showing the patient's preferred museum five times among the 53 museums prepared by the General Directorate of Information Technologies of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the Initiative Group, Control It will be compared with its group. Research data; It will be collected using the Patient Information Form, Dialysis Symptom Index and Beck Anxiety Scale (BAI). At the end of the study, the data will be evaluated in the SPSS program. The museum visit applied to the Intervention Group will also be applied to the control group after the study is completed, taking into account the ethical dimension.

Conditions

DIALYSIS SYMPTOMS AND ANXIETY

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Art Therapy Intervention Group

A total of five sessions of museum visits will applied to the patients in the intervention group, lasting 20-30 minutes during dialysis. The scales will administered to the individuals in the intervention groups three times in total.

The intervention group is the group in which museum visit will applied. They receives 3 sessions of hemodialysis per week.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

For the intervention group, a museum visit with virtual reality glasses will be applied.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patients will visit a museum while undergoing hemodialysis with virtual reality glasses for a total of five sessions for intervention group

Control Group

No virtual museum visit was applied to the control group. Scales were applied to individuals. For the control group, evaluations were made with scales three times in total.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

For the intervention group, a museum visit with virtual reality glasses will be applied.

Patients will visit a museum while undergoing hemodialysis with virtual reality glasses for a total of five sessions for intervention group

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Patients who have been receiving hemodialysis treatment for at least one year, who are 18 years of age or older, who do not have difficulty in communicating, who are competent to answer all the questions, who do not have serious mental illness or mental problems, and who agree to participate in the research will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Those who have just started hemodialysis treatment (< 1 year), those who have vision or hearing problems, those who have difficulty communicating, those under the age of 18, and those who do not want to participate in the study or want to leave will be excluded from the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cumhuriyet University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mukadder Mollaoğlu

Prof.Dr

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Mukadder

Mollaoğlu, Sivas, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

References

Beck AT, Epstein N, Brown G, Steer RA. An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: psychometric properties. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1988 Dec;56(6):893-7. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.56.6.893. No abstract available.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 3204199 (View on PubMed)

Ulusoy M, Şahin N, Erkman H. Turkish Version of The Beck Anxiety Inventory: psychometric Properties. J Cognitive Psychotherapy: Int Quaterly. 1998; 12: 28-35.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Weisbord SD, Fried LF, Arnold RM, Rotondi AJ, Fine MJ, Levenson DJ, Switzer GE. Development of a symptom assessment instrument for chronic hemodialysis patients: the Dialysis Symptom Index. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2004 Mar;27(3):226-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.07.004.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 15010101 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

2023-12/13

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id