Influence of acupoint massage combined with renal exercises on negative emotions and fatigue of patients with chronic renal failure
ZHANG Mei
XIONG Huanhuan
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of acupoint massage combined with renal exercises on negative emotions and fatigue of patients with chronic renal failure(CRF).Methods A total of 80 CRF patients admitted between October 2020 and October 2022 were selected,and divided into a control group and an observation group,each of 40,according to a random number table.Both groups received routine hemodialysis and nursing,while the observation group was additionally provided with acupoint pressure and kidney exercises for 3 months.Before and after the intervention,both groups were evaluated the negative emotion,fatigue,sleep and life quality using the self-rating anxiety scale(SAS),self-rating depression scale(SDS),fatigue scale-14(FS-14)and Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI),as well as the generic quality of life inventory 74(GQOLI-74).Results After 3-month intervention,the SAS,SDS,FS-14、PSQI scores of the observation group were significantly lower than that of the control group(t=9.074,P＜0.001;t=8.535,P＜0.001;t=7.946,P＜0.001;t=4.642,P＜0.001).However,the scores of social function,physical health,mental health and material life dimension in GQOLI-74 were significantly higher than that of the control group(t=-5.463,P＜0.001;t=-4.746,P＜0.001;t=-6.215,P＜0.001;t=-8.690,P＜0.001).Conclusion Acupoint massage combined with kidney exercise can relieve negative emotions and fatigue of CRF patients,and improve their sleep and life quality.
Keywords：Chronic renal failureHemodialysisAcupressureKidney exercisesNegative emotionsFatigue
Publication Date：2023-12-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 746-749 )