PMR vs MM for Patients on Hemodialysis

"The mindful mediators are asked to act as neutral observers who quietly attend to, notice, and let go of internal and external stimuli (present experiences) such as thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, and sounds without reactions, evaluation, and judgments. (Smith, 2005).~The subjects in the mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) group will receive 30 minutes individually administered, guided, chairside interventions during their hemodialysis sessions, three times a week over eight weeks (Alhawatmeh et al., 2022; Thomas et al., 2017). Subjects in this group will receive their assigned intervention developed by the principal investigator (PI) according to the Smith's MBI protocol that will provide intervention instructions. During the eight weeks and at bedtime at night, the subjects will be optionally encouraged to practice the intervention at home."

"he progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) group will receive the ABC version of PMR (Smith, 2005). This abbreviated version of PMR involves a tense-let go exercise of 11 muscle groups including hand, arm, arm and sides, back, shoulder, face, front of neck, stomach, chest, leg, and foot.~As the MBI group, the subjects in the PMR group will receive 30 minutes individually administered, guided, chairside interventions during their hemodialysis sessions, three times a week over eight weeks. Subjects in this group will receive their assigned intervention developed by the principal investigator (PI) according to the Smith's PMR protocol that will provide intervention instructions. During the eight weeks and at bedtime at night, the subjects will be optionally encouraged to practice the intervention at home."