Department of Gerontology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye, Turkey (Dr İlter); and Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaziantep Unıversity, Gaziantep, Turkey (Dr Ovayolu).

Correspondence: Sümeyra Mihrap Ilter, PhD, RN, Department of Gerontology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Fakıuşağı Mah, 80000 Merkez, Osmaniye, Turkey ([email protected]).

The authors thank all the patients who participated in the study and the health care professionals of the hemodialysis unit where the study was conducted.

The authors declare no competing financial interests and conflicts of interest.