Assessment of fatigue based on two measures of fatigue in hemodialysis patients in Hospital of Hamedan

Fatigue is a complication of chronic renal failure which two fatigue scales was selected to assess it in dialysis patients that can help nurses to planning better in diagnosis of fatigue. Therefore¡ this study was aimed to determine the Frequency of fatigue in hemodialysis patients based on visual fatigue scales and FSS questionnaire.
In this descriptive- qualitative study¡ 200 hemodialysis patients who referred to the Bethat hospital of Hamadan were selected through census sampling. The data was collected by demographic questionnaire¡ fatigue severity scale and Rhoten visual measurement. Questionnaires were confirmed by content validity and test-retest reliability. In order to analyze data¡ SPSS Software¡ chi-square and Fisher test.
The Fisher test showed not significant differences between visual Rhoten measurement and severity fatigue questionnaire in three groups of patients with severe¡ moderate and lack of fatigue.
this study showed not significant differences between visual Rhoten measurement and severity fatigue questionnaire in assessing fatigue among hemodialysis patients. Visual fatigue Rhoten questionnaire is simpler and conformity with previous research so that it is recommended for further research.