4-7-8 Breathing for Fatigue and Sleep Management in Hemodialysis

Brief summary (registry, in English)

For many hemodialysis patients, fatigue and sleep disturbances are common and debilitating side effects that severely impact daily life and quality of life. In this study, patients will be taught a simple breathing exercise called the 4-7-8 technique to help manage these symptoms. A total of 80 adult patients undergoing regular hemodialysis at Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital will be randomly assigned to two groups: an intervention group and a control group. Participants in the intervention group will receive a face-to-face training session from a research nurse and a short instructional video sent to their smartphones to encourage daily home practice, especially before bedtime. The program will be continued over the study period. Participants in the control group will continue with their current routine hemodialysis care without any structured breathing exercises. Fatigue levels, sleep quality, and daytime sleepiness will be measured in both groups before and after the program using validated questionnaires. The results of this study may provide nurses and patients with a safe, cost-effective, non-drug option to improve symptom management and overall well-being in hemodialysis patients.

What you commit to

• Study type: Interventional
• Planned participants: 80
• From 1 Aug 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Sept 2026
• No sites listed in no country
• Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who the study is looking for

Age in the registry: 18 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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