Design and participants
chronic renal failure, bipolar disorder, psychosis, psychiatric, depression
MAY, CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE, DISORDERS
This randomized controlled trial with the pre/post-test control design was performed in two hemodialysis centers located in two hospitals in Shiraz, Iran from February to May 2019. We have complied with CONSORT standards in the report of this trial. At the first, ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.Based on a study aimed to determine the effectiveness of motivational interviewing in depression and hope in hemodialysis patients [In order to prevent the dissemination of information, the hospitals were first divided into an intervention and a control group using simple random sampling (tap and line). The participants were selected by simple random sampling using the table of random numbers. Then, based on the hospitals, the patients were allocated to the intervention and control groups. During the study, one individual from the control group and two individuals from the intervention group were excluded due to transplantation. One of the control group participants was also excluded due to transfer to another hospital and one of the intervention group participants was removed due to intubation and hospitalization. Finally, data from 75 participants (38 in the control group and 37 in the intervention group) were analyzed (Fig. Consort diagram of the studyThe inclusion criteria were having the ability to read and write, having the ability to speak and understand Persian, aging 18–65 years, being diagnosed with chronic renal failure by a nephrologist, and undergoing hemodialysis two or three times a week. The exclusion criteria were suffering from well-known psychiatric disorders such as severe depression, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and acute physical illnesses, being under a mechanical ventilator, having kidney transplants, and attending psychological training and interventions simultaneously.