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Effects of a Life Hope Program on Self-Care Ability and Hope Levels in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Key takeaways

A randomized trial gave 120 people on dialysis either usual nursing care or usual care plus a 3-month program aimed at building hope and self-care skills. Sixty people were in each group. The program improved how well people cared for themselves and raised their hope scores, the two main things the study set out to measure. This is a real randomized trial, but it is modest in size and measures self-reported skills and mood, not kidney survival or how long people live.

Who did this work

Jia Q (Blood Purification Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221006, People's Republic of China.) · Wang Z (Blood Purification Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221006, People's Republic of China.) · Li F (Blood Purification Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221006, People's Republic of China.) · Shi L (Blood Purification Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221006, People's Republic of China.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD mind-body · 2026-08-03
https://doi.org/10.2147/rmhp.s620418