End Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis
Conditions
Keywords
Fatigue
Brief summary
Fight Fatigue is evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of a combined progressive muscle relaxation and walking intervention to reduce fatigue for adults with end-stage kidney disease receiving in-center hemodialysis.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALFight Fatigue
Combined progressive muscle relaxation and walking (increasing step count) 12-week intervention that consists of education/training followed by text messages.
OTHERAttention Control
End-stage kidney disease education
Sponsors
University of Illinois at Chicago
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Diagnosis of ESKD diagnosis and receiving hemodialysis for at least 3 months * Can read and speak English * Fatigue measured via visual analogue scale, score ≥4 over the last week * Able to stand and walk one block * Has a cell phone that can receive text messages
Exclusion criteria
* Patient's nephrologist refuses for them to participate * Unstable angina * Unstable pulmonary disease or pulmonary symptoms that preclude participation * Lower-extremity amputation without prosthetic (BKA, AKA) -Orthopedic or neurologic condition that would preclude walking or tensing/releasing of muscles- * Cognitive impairment that, in the judgement of the research team, precludes trial participation * Participation in the formative phase of the development of Fight Fatigue
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility of recruitment | Baseline to week 12 | Recruitment metrics (enrolled/invited) |
| Feasibility of retention | Baseline to week 12 | Retention in the study from baseline to week 12 |
| Acceptability | End of study (Week 12) | Participant rating of acceptability (e.g., enjoyable, easy to understand) via Likert scale questions and open ended questions |
| Adherence to the study protocol | Baseline to week 12 | Adherence to the intervention measured with adherence to step counts, number/duration of accesses on the study-specific website, and adherence to study procedures as evaluated with number of text messages read/sent messages read. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTMary Hannan, PhD
Outcome results
None listed