Scoop Review: Management Of Non-Pharmacological Thirst In Hemodialysis Patients

Abstract

Thirst is defined as a person's awareness of the desire to drink due to the significant loss of fluids. Patients with chronic kidney disease who undergo hemodialysis are prone to thirst due to fluid restrictions. The purpose of this study was to determine the thirst for chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy. This research is a descriptive study with a literature review method. The data used in this study are secondary data in the form of journals obtained through searches on various search engines such as EBSCO, Google Scholar, SpringerLink, and Pubmed. The keywords used were "thirst in chronic kidney disease patients", "thirst in hemodialysis patients", and "thirst in hemodialysis patients” The technique used in analyzing data is using a synthesis matrix. The results of this study are 12 journals that are relevant to this study and indexed by SCOPUS and SINTA. The conclusion of this study is that the average thirst rate in chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy is in the category of moderate to severe thirst, the factors associated with thirst in chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy are dry mouth, body size temperature, and ambient temperature, while thirsty interventions in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis therapy are the use of straws, sucking ice cubes, gargling, chewing gum low or no sugar and low management of sodium. Future studies can develop a pilot study or experiment to find interventions to reduce thirst in chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy.