Effect of the stress inoculation program on the Hope of Life of Hemodialysis Patients Download PDF

Field and Purpose: Dialysis in patients with kidney failure is a stressful process which is followed by numerous social and psychological problems. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of stress inoculation program on the hope of life of hemodialysis patients in the city Iranshahr. Method and tools: the present study is a quasi-experimental research of a pretest – posttest type with a control group. The statistical population of the research includes all of the hemodialysis patients of the city Iranshahr among whom a sample volume of 60 of the hemodialysis patients were chosen. The tool used in this study is the Miller-May hope for life questionnaire and the data has been statistically analyzed by the SPSS software version 22. Findings: in this intervention, the difference between the experimental and the control group was not statistically significant in terms of personal characteristics and also the difference between the two groups was not statistically significant in terms of the hope for life scale before the intervention. But after the intervention, the mean of the hope for life of the experimental group was 19.78±174 and it was 30.77±159.43 in the control group which showed a significant increase of the hope for life score of the hemodialysis patients of the experimental group. Conclusion: the stress inoculation program method has led to the increase of the hope for life of the hemodialysis patients; therefore, it is suggested that in addition to the prescription of psychological interventions drugs for these patients in the mental health improvement programs.