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Measuring thirst distress of patients in the intensive care unit

open access: yesNursing in Critical Care, 2021
AbstractBackgroundThirst is one of the most intense and distressing symptoms experienced by patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), and no validated measurement tools exist. Validating a thirst measurement tool for the ICU population could be a first step in gaining a better understanding of thirst in ICU patients and aid the development and ...
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Determinants of thirst distress in patients on hemodialysis

International Urology and Nephrology, 2016
Thirst sensation can induce nonadherence with fluid restriction in patients on hemodialysis (HD) and may lead to large interdialytic weight gain (IWG). This study aimed to evaluate thirst distress and its determinants and to explore fluid management strategies used by patients on HD.A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 203 patients who ...
Belguzar Kara
exaly   +3 more sources

THIRST DISTRESS AND INTERDIALYTIC WEIGHT GAIN: A STUDY ON A SAMPLE OF HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

Journal of Renal Care, 2007
ABSTRACTSevere thirst distress is frequent in haemodialysis (HD) patients, and some studies have noted a positive relationship between thirst and an increased interdialytic weight gain (IDWG).The goal of this explorative study was to describe the perception of thirst and correlated symptoms in HD patients, and verify the correlation between thirst ...
M, Porcu, E, Fanton, A, Zampieron
exaly   +3 more sources

Thirst Distress in Palliative Care Patients

Journal of Palliative Care
Objective: It has been reported that chronically critical patients and patients at high risk of death have moderate to high levels of thirst distress. It was planned as a descriptive and cross-sectional study to determine thirst distress in palliative care patients. Methods:
Sidika Oguz, Gülşah Camci
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Thirst in Heart Failure: A Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Heart Failure, 2013
Although patients with heart failure (HF) may suffer from severe thirst, this has received little attention in scientific studies. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify and analyse data on thirst in HF.
Nana Waldréus, Robert G Hahn
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Persian version of thirst distress scale (TDS) in patients on hemodialysis: Factor structure and psychometric properties

Clinical Nephrology, 2019
Patients on hemodialysis can experience thirst distress. However, there is no valid and reliable Persian instrument to measure this condition in such patients. The present study aims to determine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the thirst distress scale (TDS) for patients on hemodialysis.Our sample consisted of 142 hemodialysis ...
Amir Hossein, Goudarzian   +4 more
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