mohammad pourebrahimi
abolfazl rahimi
ali tayebi
hadi ebrahimi

Aims: Due to increasing the number of Hemodialysis patients and also the necessity of consistent and continuous cares by family members to patients, we have been up to doing a test in order to find out the effects of oral Vitamin C on tiredness and exhaustion of hemodialysis patient caregivers according to researches that have been done on the effect of oral Vitamin C on fatigue. Methods: This research is a before-after one-group semi experimental study of a that has been done in ۲۰۱۲. The samples were ۲۵ caregivers who have been coming to the selected hospital in Tehran and they had been chosen randomly and purposively. At first The Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory MFI-۲۰ Questionnaire was completed by research samples before intervention and after a month of using oral Vitamin C the Questionnaire was completed once again. After collecting the data by descriptive statistics and paired t-test the data had been analyzed by SPSS ۱۷ software. Results: The samples were ۴۸% male with the age average of ۴۴.۴ and ۷۲% married. In general exhaustion and fatigue, physical fatigue, mental fatigue and reduced activity dimensions significant difference (p<; ۰.۰۵) had been observed but there was no significant difference in the reduced motivation dimension. Conclusions: According to the results, using oral Vitamin C can be recommended for reducing the fatigue of caregivers and thereupon increasing the quality of care given to Hemodialysis patients.

Oral Vitamin C, Hemodialysis Patient, fatigue, caregivers