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Frailty, falls and the role of exercise in haemodialysis patients: a qualitative study

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Specialty: Renal disorders, Primary sub-specialty: Renal disorders
UKCRC code/ Disease: Renal and Urogenital/ Renal failure
Urological and Genital Diseases
Renal failure
Registration Number
ISRCTN12840463
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Leicester
Brief Summary

2022 Interim results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35869436/ Participants' perceptions of frailty (added 25/07/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

1. Be a prevalent haemodialysis patient (receiving HD for 3 months or greater)
2. Age 18 years or older
3. Clinically stable at the time of recruitment
4. Able and willing to give informed consent
5. History of falls in the last 6 months or high risk of falls

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable or unwilling to give informed consent
2. Patients who are unable to understand, read or speak English
3. Unable to participate in an exercise due to perceived physical or psychological barriers
4. Unfit to undertake exercise or exercise testing according to the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines and as determined by the patient's Consultant Nephrologist including:
4.1. Significant ischaemia, recent myocardial infarction (2 weeks) or other acute cardiac event
4.2. Unstable angina
4.3. Uncontrolled cardiac dysrhythmias causing symptoms or haemodynamic compromise
4.4. Symptomatic severe aortic stenosis
4.5. Uncontrolled symptomatic heart failure
4.6. Acute pulmonary embolus or pulmonary infarction
4.7. Acute myocarditis or pericarditis
4.8. Suspected or known dissecting aneurysm
4.9. Acute systemic infection, accompanied by fever, body aches or swollen lymph glands

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
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