Comparing the effectiveness of emotion regulation therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy on treatment adherence in hemodialysis patients: A randomized controlled clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Non-adherence is a common challenge among patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD). This randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy of Emotion Regulation Therapy (ERT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on improving treatment adherence in hemodialysis patients, with a control group receiving standard care.

Materials and methods

Ninety hemodialysis patients were equally randomized into ERT, CBT, and control groups (N = 30 each group), with six attrition cases per group. Baseline demographics (age, BMI, dialysis duration, education) showed no significant intergroup differences (p > 0.05). Adherence was assessed across five domains: dialysis, medication, fluid intake, dietary regimen, and total adherence. A MANCOVA/ANCOVA model analyzed changes at pre-inter

SUBMITTER: Salimi Arshad Moghaddam Pishkhani SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12742746 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature