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Fit for Dialysis: Research-based Film as a Knowledge Translation Strategy

NCT02754271 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2016-04-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Exercise training for older hemodialysis patients can greatly improve many of the negative effects and poor health outcomes associated with end-stage kidney disease. Exercise has yet to be incorporated effectively and systematically into routine care. Exercise programs remain rare. When such programs are implemented, their participation rates vary, and they neglect home and community-based activities, as well as the involvement of family caregivers to support and reinforce exercise. This study is intended to address these limitations by introducing a highly accessible and compelling educational film, Fit for Dialysis, designed to introduce, motivate, and sustain exercise for wellness amongst older hemodialysis patients, and exercise counseling and support by family caregivers, nephrologists, and nurses. The objective of this clinical trial is to determine whether and in what ways Fit for Dialysis improves outcomes and influences knowledge/attitudes regarding the importance of exercise-based principles of wellness in the context of end-stage renal disease. Ultimately Fit for Dialysis could be used as a model for dialysis education that supports guideline recommendations that exercise be incorporated into the care and treatment of dialysis patients.

Conditions

  • End-Stage Renal Disease

Interventions

OTHER

Fit for Dialysis

A 15-minute research-based film that explores the barriers and facilitators regarding exercise participation by older hemodialysis patients and support by nephrology staff and family caregivers, and a 16-week exercise program involving activities during dialysis, at home, and in the community.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pia Kontos, PhD · University Health Network, Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2017-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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