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Background: Depression, anxiety, and stress are of the problems observed among patients undergoing hemodialysis HD Unfortunately, despite its high incidence rates, this disorder is often unknown and untreated The present study was conducted with the aim to determine the effect of foot reflexology massage on stress, anxiety, depression, and serum cortisol levels among patients with HD Materials and Methods: This clinical trial was performed on 60 patients with HD referring to Hazrat Abolfazl Hospital in Minab City, Iran, in 2018 Random sampling method was used and the patients were randomly divided into two intervention and control groups based on the referral day being even or odd The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale DASS 21 was exploited to measure stress, anxiety, and depression in the sessions before and after the intervention Serum cortisol levels were also measured between 7:30 and 8:00 a m on the sessions before and after the intervention Foot reflexology massage and simple foot massage without pressure on the standard reflexology massage points were performed in the intervention and control groups, respectively Data were analyzed using statistical tests including paired t test, independent t test, chi square, and Fisher’s exact test in SPSS software version 18 Results: There was no significant difference between the two intervention and control groups in terms of mean scores of stress, anxiety and depression before the intervention P >0 05 But the was difference in mean scores of stress P < 0 00001 , anxiety P = 0 01 , depression P < 0 00001 and cortisol P < 0 00001 before and after the intervention in the intervention group significantly decreased compared to the control group Conclusions: The findings of this study showed that foot reflexology massage can be effective in reducing stress, anxiety, and depression Therefore, the use of foot reflexology massage as a non medical treatment can improve the mental health and quality of life QOL of patients
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Sayadi, AR and Hosseini, S.H and Hadizadeh, R and shanbehpour, Z,1400,The Effect of foot reflexology massage on stress, anxiety, depression, and serum cortisol levels among patients undergoing hemodialysis: Randomized Clinical Trial,9th International Conference on Psychology, Counseling and Educational Sciences
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