The effect of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing intervention on anxiety and depression among patients undergoing hemodialysis: A randomized controlled trial

Fatemeh Rahimi | Nahid Rejeh | Tahereh Bahrami | Majideh Heravi-Karimooi | Seyed Davood Tadrisi | Pauline Griffiths | Mojtaba Vaismoradi

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URL :   http://research.shahed.ac.ir/WSR/WebPages/Report/PaperView.aspx?PaperID=116502
Date :  2019/04/30
Publish in :    Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
DOI :  https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12389
Link :  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ppc.12389
Keywords :anxiety, depression, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, hemodialysis, nursing care

Abstract :

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Abstract Purpose: This study examined the effect of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing intervention on depression and anxiety in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Design and Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 90 patients were enrolled. The intervention group received six sessions of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing intervention. Data were collected before and 2 weeks after the intervention using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Findings: Measured levels of anxiety and depression were significantly reduced in the intervention group compared with preintervention levels and to the control group. Practice implications: Nurses can use the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing intervention in clinical practice in combination with psychotropic drugs for the reduction of depression and anxiety in patients undergoing hemodialysis.