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. 2019 Dec 2;2019(12):CD004542. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004542.pub3

NCT03162770.

Trial name or title Mindfulness meditation practice during haemodialysis
Methods Fifty patients will be randomly separated in two groups, twenty five each group, half of them in the control group and the other half in the intervention group
Participants Inclusion criteria

  • HD patients of the Einstein Dialysis Center; 18 years to 100 years (adult, senior); both genders


Exclusion criteria

  • Participants who refused to signed the informed consent
Interventions Treatment group

  • The intervention group will be enrolled in the meditation protocol, for 12 weeks, 3 days a week during the HD session


Control group

  • The control group will be wait‐listed


Then after the evaluations, the control group will receive the intervention of meditation, while the intervention group will not receive any intervention
Outcomes

  • Depression, stress, QoL, sleep disorders, biochemical parameters

    • Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)

  • HRQoL

    • KDQOL

  • Depression

    • BDI

  • Sleep

    • PSQI

  • Stress

    • Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

  • Depression and stress

    • Self‐Compassion Scale (SCS)

  • Assessment of comorbidities

    • Index of coexistent diseases (ICED)
Starting date March 2018
Contact information Erika Bevilaqua Rangel; Email: not reported
Notes Setting: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Brazil. Trial registration number: NCT03162770