Investigation of Fatigue in Hemodialysis Patients, Severity and Influencing Factors

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Abstract:Objective: This study was conducted in a descriptive manner to determine the severity of fatigue in patients undergoinghemodialysis due to Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) and to determine the socio-demographic factors affecting fatigue severity.Materials and Methods: The study was conducted between December 2017 and March 2018 on patients receiving treatment for CRF in the hemodialysis unit of the Malatya Training and Research Hospital. 225 hemodialysis patients were accepted who did not select the sample in the survey. In the evaluation of the data, the arithmetic mean, standard deviationand percentage parameters were used. In comparison, Oneway ANOVA, Kruskall-Wallis and Student t-test used.Results: When we look at the sociodemographic characteristics of hemodialysis patients and fatigue severity scale pointsin the study. There was a statistically significant relationship between age, gender, perceived health status, working status,duration of hemodialysis treatment, hemodialysis frequency and fatigue severity scale score (p<0.05).Conclusion: According to the results of the research; there was a statistically significant relationship between sociodemographic characteristics of hemodialysis patients and hemodialysis treatment duration and fatigue severity scale score.