The objective of the trial is to assess key areas of uncertainty regarding the use of synchronous home-based tele exercise in future practice and research, including issues relating to feasibility, safety and potential for efficacy.
Patients with renal failure undergoing maintenance dialysis (HD) therapy typically have very low levels of physical activity (PA), and this is associated with greatly increased morbidity and mortality. According to studies, regular exercise is beneficial for patients at all stages, and the current recommendations for the prevention and management of side effects in HD patients, especially in the elderly, is regular exercise because it improves physical performance and PA . Currently, due to the unfamiliarity of dialysis center staff and nephrologists with the benefits of exercise, only 10% of the world's clinics have a plan to exercise during HD. Therefore, home-based exercise programs are a suitable option for patients to reduce their costs and make it easy to adhere to. Home-based exercise has the potential to utilize higher volume and higher intensity training if activity is monitored. However, many of these programs are unsupervised and this is one of the major disadvantages of home-based exercise programs. Lack of prior knowledge about the safety and benefits of exercise programs, fear of injury, and lack of interest or motivation are barriers to exercise at home. Tele-rehabilitation is rehabilitation services provided to patients from distant locations using information and communication technologies.Several studies have reported the use of e health-based self-management interventions in chronic kidney disease patients. However, further research is needed to better understand the extent to which these techniques are acceptable, safe and potentially effective for supporting individuals undergoing HD treatment, given their unique needs and risk profile, is unknown. Our study seeks to address this gap by conducting a pilot evaluation of synchronous home-based tele exercise intervention designed for HD patient.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
30
The participants in the study group will be given an online personalized exercise program at home in non dialysis days. Synchronous tele-exercise will be delivered using the free teleconference application (app) (Google Meets software). The groups of tele-exercises will be private and the professional will send the link for each training session and will control the access of the participants. Each session will be 40 to 45 min in duration for 3 days per week over 12 weeks, 36 sessions in total.
Khorshid Dialysis Center
Isfahan, Iran
Pardis specialized wellness institute
Isfahan, Iran
Recruitment rate
Determining recruitment by eligible number/enrolled number
Time frame: 1 Month
Retention rates
Determining retention rate by patients who completed visit 2 / recruited patients
Time frame: 3 Months
Adherence rate
Determining the adherence by the number of participation in exercise sessions by a participant / the number of the exercise sessions planned in the program
Time frame: 3 Months
Rate of changes of daily physical activity level
To examine the effect of home-based synchronous tele-exercise on daily activity level by using Low Physical activity questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of 11 items that assess various parameters of physical activity within the past 7 days. These parameters include the amount of time spent walking around the neighborhood, for fitness or pleasure, and for transportation purposes, as well as the average duration of sedentary and sitting activities. The questionnaire also calculates the kilocalories expended during light, moderate, vigorous, and total physical activities.
Time frame: Pre test and 3 months later ( post test)
Rate of changes of Frailty level
To examine the effect of home-based synchronous tele-exercise on daily activity level by using Fried Frailty Index. Patients will be considered frail if they met 3 or more of the following 5 criteria: unintentional weight loss of 10 pounds or more in the prior year by self-report; exhaustion based on responses to two questions about energy; low physical activity based on the Minnesota questionnaire (\< 383 kcal/wk for men or \< 270 kcal/wk for women); slow gait speed (based on gender- and height-stratified cutoffs); and weak grip strength (based on gender- and BMI-stratified cutoffs). Patients will be asked whether they are independent in the following activities of daily living (ADLs): bathing, dressing, getting in and out of a chair, and walking around their home or apartment. Those reporting dependency in one or more will be considered to have an ADL limitation.
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Time frame: Pre test and 3 months later ( post test)
Rate of changes of physical function level
To examine the effect of home-based synchronous tele-exercise on physical function level by 6 minute walk test and short physical performance battery test
Time frame: Pre test and 3 months later ( post test)