Nursing Care With Back Massage Therapy in Overcoming Fatigue in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients

Abstract

Chronic kidney failure is a disorder of the structure or function of the kidneys that is damaged. Patients must receive Renal Replacement Therapy, one of which is hemodialysis. Hemodialysis needs to be done routinely by patients 1-3 times a week and takes about 4-5 hours in each session. One of the side effects that often occurs in hemodialysis patients is fatigue. Fatigue can be overcome with non-pharmacological therapy, namely back massage. The purpose of this study was to determine how researchers can provide nursing care by providing back massage therapy to overcome fatigue in Chronic Kidney Disease patients. This case study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design using the FAS questionnaire. The results of the study were conducted for 3 days, where on the first day before being given a back massage it was in the category of severe fatigue and after being given a back massage on the third day the results were in the category of moderate fatigue. Where the patient said his body felt more relaxed and did not feel tired, felt there was energy. It can be concluded that providing back massage therapy can reduce fatigue in Chronic Kidney Disease patients undergoing hemodialysis.