Frailty, falls and the role of exercise in haemodialysis patients: a qualitative study
- Conditions
- Specialty: Renal disorders, Primary sub-specialty: Renal disordersUKCRC code/ Disease: Renal and Urogenital/ Renal failureUrological and Genital DiseasesRenal 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
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
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
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method