Hemodialysis
Conditions
Brief summary
This study will investigate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program in improving physical functioning, cardiovascular health index, negative emotions, and quality of life in patients with hemodialysis in Taiwan. Hypothesis: 1. The quality of life in exercise group is significant improving than usual-care group at 3rd, 6th, 12th, and 24th month. 2. The negative emotions in exercise group is significant improving than usual-care group at 3rd, 6th, 12th, and 24th month. 3. The cardiovascular health index in exercise group is significant improving than usual-care group at 3rd, 6th, 12th, and 24th month. 4. The Physical Functioning in exercise group is significant improving than usual-care group at 3rd, 6th, 12th, and 24th month.
Detailed description
This study will investigate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program in improving Physical Functioning, cardiovascular health index, negative emotions, and quality of life in patients with hemodialysis in Taiwan.
Interventions
OTHERExercise education
weekly telephone consultations concerning exercise. we discussed whether participants' exercise fulfilled the prescribed intensity, duration, or frequency and whether the participants experienced any adverse effects.
Sponsors
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
-Patients with hemodialysis who were aged ≥20 years, could communicate in either Mandarin or Taiwanese, 6-minute walking test ≧ 300m and not cognitively impaired were included.
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| subjective quality of life | 3rd month after recruited | using Kidney Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire-36™ (KDQOL-36™) to measure quality of life. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| subjective negative emotions | 3rd month after recruited | negative emotions including anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale). The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale include anxiety and depression subscales, a total of 7 questions, each subscale is a four-point scoring method, 0 point for not at all, 3 points for always do, each subscale scores is between 0 and 21, that a score of 7 or less for non-cases, scores of 8-10 for doubtful cases and scores of 11 or more for definite cases. |
| objective cardiovascular health index | 3rd month after recruited | serum |
| check Physical Functioning | 3rd month after recruited | 6MWT(Six Minute Walk Test) |
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
Primary ContactHui-Mei Chen, PhD
Backup ContactHsin-Ling Tai, Master
Outcome results
None listed