Association between Pain of Arteriovenous Fistula and Cryotherapy of Hemodialysis Patients

Abstract

Objectives: To find out relationship between arteriovenous fistula pain and cryotherapy intervention.

 Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted on a purposive sample consisting of (113) patients from hemodialysis who use arteriovenous fistula in the hemodialysis center in Baghdad Teaching Hospital to find out the relationship between arteriovenous fistula pain and cryotherapy intervention. The study was conducted for the period (from January 3 to March 20, 2023). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistical data analysis approaches such as frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, and standard deviation, in addition to inferential statistical data analysis such as the paired t-test.

Results: The results show that all responses of the study sample in the pre-test were average, with a statistical mean of the scale (55.522) and the results of the post-test 45.188, meaning that the degree of pain decreased by 10 degrees.

Recommendations: The study recommends that future research focus on encouraging and motivating patients to use non-pharmacological methods to reduce the pain of arteriovenous fistula.