The Effect of Color Therapy on Depression, Stress, Anxiety and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study

NCT ID: NCT06879808

Last Updated: 2025-03-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-02-01

Brief Summary

This study was conducted to examine the effect of color therapy on depression, stress, anxiety and quality of life in hemodialysis patients.

Detailed Description

Many patients on hemodialysis treatment require hemodialysis, which requires hospitalization three times a week for four hours each dialysis session. Therefore, practices such as color therapy may be useful in the management of psychological symptoms in these patients.

Conditions

Hemodialysis; Color Therapy

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Color therapy group

group doing color therapy

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Color therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

In the experimental group, color therapy was applied 3 days a week for the first two weeks, while no intervention was performed in the third and fourth weeks. In the fifth and seventh weeks, color therapy was applied for 15 minutes each day, while no intervention was performed in the sixth week.

No color therapy group

group not doing color therapy

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Color therapy

In the experimental group, color therapy was applied 3 days a week for the first two weeks, while no intervention was performed in the third and fourth weeks. In the fifth and seventh weeks, color therapy was applied for 15 minutes each day, while no intervention was performed in the sixth week.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Be on hemodialysis treatment for at least 6 months,
• No sleeping pills or sedative medication,
• No physical or cognitive impairment that prevents them from understanding the education and no diagnosis of a psychiatric illness,
• The patient or someone living in the same household with the patient is literate,
• Patients have no vision problems,
• Patients must be 18 years of age or older.

Exclusion Criteria

• Being on hemodialysis treatment for less than 6 months,
• Taking sleeping pills or sedative medication,
• Being diagnosed with a physical illness or cognitive impairment or psychiatric illness that prevents understanding the education provided,
• Illiteracy of the patient and relatives,
• Patients have vision problems,
• Refusing to participate in the research,
• Under 18 years of age

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Weeks
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Erzincan Binali Yildirim Universitesi

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Safiye Yanmış

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Gülcan Bahçecioğlu Turan, Associate Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Firat University

Zülfünaz Özer, Associate Professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Istanbul Sebahattin Zaim University

Safiye Yanmış, Assistant Professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Erzincan Binali Yildirim Universitesi

Mukadder Mollaoğlu, Professor Doctor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Cumhuriyet University

Locations

Fırat University

Elâzığ, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

Scientific Research Projects

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

Erzi̇ncanBinaliYildirimUni

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id