TY  - JOUR
TI  - Evaluation of Fatigue’s Effect and Severity in
Hemodialysis Patients
AB  - Aim: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the effect and severity of fatigue levels in hemodialysis
patients.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 130 patients who applied to Hemodialysis units
between 01 November-01 December 2019. Piper Fatigue Scale, Fatigue Impact Scale, and Fatigue
Severity Scale were used as data collection tools. In statistical analysis, Student's t-test and variance
analysis were used. Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated to evaluate the relationship between
the variables.
Results: It is found that hemodialysis patients got the highest score on Piper Fatigue Scale from Piper
Fatigue Scale - Affect (5.48±2.85) and patients felt moderately tired. Of the patients, 43.1% stated that
‘dialysis’ was the most important reason that contributes directly or causes their fatigue, and 23.1% stated
that the best thing they found to reduce their fatigue was to sleep. Hemodialysis patients got the highest
score on the Fatigue Impact Scale from the psychosocial (35.42±18.67) effect dimension. The mean
score of the patients' Fatigue Impact Scale was 4.84±1.93. The Piper Fatigue Scale - Behavior, Piper
Fatigue Scale - Affective, Piper Fatigue Scale - Sensory and Piper Fatigue Scale - Cognitive Dimension
Scores, Fatigue Impact Scale - Cognitive, Fatigue Impact Scale - Physical and Fatigue Impact Scale -
Psychosocial Dimension and Fatigue Impact Scale Total Scores and Fatigue Severity Scale Scores in
Chronic Renal Failure patients with a chronic disease were significantly higher than in patients without
chronic disease. The Fatigue Impact Scale - Cognitive, Fatigue Impact Scale - Physical, and Fatigue
Impact Scale - Psychosocial dimensions, Fatigue Impact Scale total scores, and Fatigue Severity Scale
scores in patients diagnosed with anemia were significantly higher than in those without anemia.
Conclusion: In our study, patients over 65 years of age and those with chronic diseases other than
Chronic Renal Failure had higher levels and greater impact and severity of fatigue
AU  - Mistik, Selcuk
AU  - Unalan, Demet
AU  - Aslaner, Hümeyra
AU  - Tokgoz, Bulent
DO  - 10.33880/ejfm.2022110208
PY  - 2022
JO  - Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
SN  - 2147-3161
SP  - 136
EP  - 142
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/532331
ER  -