fa بررسی برخی عوامل مرتبط با خستگی در چهارچوب تئوری علائم ناخوشی در بیماران تحت درمان با همودیالیز در مراکز دیالیز کرمان General پژوهشي Research Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Background and Aim: </strong>Fatigue is the most common side effect in hemodialysis patients. A relavent theory to fatigue in hemodialysis patients, the unpleasant theory states that fatigue has physical, psychological, and situational factors. Building on unpleasant theory, this study sought to examine some factors relavent to fatigue in hemodialysis patients.<br> <strong>Matrials and Methods: </strong>This analytical-descriptive study included all patients (n=182) who were eligible according to inclusion criteria. Data were collected through questionnaires including demographic information, Fatigue Severity Scale, ESSI, and Beck Depression whose reliabilty and validity were confirmed. Data was analyzed in SPSS (version 16) using independent t-test, ANOVA and Tukey.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: Fatigue score mean of the patients was 3.94&plusmn;1.22. From among them, 151 (83%) had good social support. There was no significant difference between fatigue scores of participants in terms of gender, age, malnutrition, and anemia. However, there was a significant difference in terms of depression (P<0.001), duration of dialysis (P<0.003), and social support (P<0.01).<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: Given the high prevalence of fatigue in hemodialysis patients and its effects on their physical and mental performance, care providers are recommended to gain more knowledge about how to reduce its impact on dialysis patients.</span></span></div> Depression,Social Support,Fatigue,Hemodialysis 119 126 http://mcj.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-494&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Neda Asadi ندی اسدی No PHD Student of Nursing, Tarbiat Moddares University, Tehran, Iran دانشجوی دکتری پرستاری، دانشکده علوم پزشکی دانشگاه تربیت مدرس. تهران، ایران Zahra Royani زهرا رویانی Yes Zahra Royani, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Email: royani_z@yahoo.com زهرا رویانی، کارشناسی ارشد پرستاری، دانشکده پرستاری مامایی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گلستان. گلستان، ایران. تلفن:01714430351 پست الکترونیک: royani_z@yahoo.com Abbas Abbaszadeh عباس عباس زاده No Professor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran استاد گروه آموزشی پرستاری، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی. تهران، ایران