TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of intradialytic exercise on dialytic parameters, health‐related quality of life, and depression status in hemodialysis patients
T2 - A randomized controlled trial
AU - Lin, Chia Huei
AU - Hsu, Yu Juei
AU - Hsu, Pi Hsiu
AU - Lee, Yi Ling
AU - Lin, Chueh Ho
AU - Lee, Meei Shyuan
AU - Chiang, Shang Lin
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This study was funded by the Tri‐Service General Hospital (TSGH‐E‐110238) and Songshan Branch (108‐31) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (grant numbers: MOST 109‐ 2314‐B‐016‐041), Taipei, Taiwan.
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PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Exercise is fundamentally important in managing chronic diseases and improving health-related quality of life (HRQL). However, whether intradialytic exercise is safe through assessment of changes in dialytic parameters and has a positive impact on HRQL and depression status of he-modialysis patients requires further research with diverse racial and cultural populations to iden-tify. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of intradialytic exercise on dialytic parameters, HRQL, and depression status in hemodialysis patients. A randomized controlled trial was conducted at a medical center in Northern Taiwan. Sixty‐four hemodialysis patients were recruited using stratified random sampling. Participants were randomized into an experimental group (EG, n = 32) or a control group (CG, n = 32). The EG received a 12‐week intradialytic exercise program while the CG maintained their usual lifestyles. Dialytic parameters, HRQL, and depression status were collected at baseline and at 12 weeks. The results indicated no differences in the dialytic parameters from the baseline between both groups. However, the EG had increased HRQL (ß = 22.6, p < 0.001) and reduced depression status (ß = −7.5, p = 0.02) at 12 weeks compared to the CG. Therefore, a 12‐week intradialytic exercise regime is safe and effective in improving HRQL and reducing depression status for hemodialysis patients.
AB - Exercise is fundamentally important in managing chronic diseases and improving health-related quality of life (HRQL). However, whether intradialytic exercise is safe through assessment of changes in dialytic parameters and has a positive impact on HRQL and depression status of he-modialysis patients requires further research with diverse racial and cultural populations to iden-tify. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of intradialytic exercise on dialytic parameters, HRQL, and depression status in hemodialysis patients. A randomized controlled trial was conducted at a medical center in Northern Taiwan. Sixty‐four hemodialysis patients were recruited using stratified random sampling. Participants were randomized into an experimental group (EG, n = 32) or a control group (CG, n = 32). The EG received a 12‐week intradialytic exercise program while the CG maintained their usual lifestyles. Dialytic parameters, HRQL, and depression status were collected at baseline and at 12 weeks. The results indicated no differences in the dialytic parameters from the baseline between both groups. However, the EG had increased HRQL (ß = 22.6, p < 0.001) and reduced depression status (ß = −7.5, p = 0.02) at 12 weeks compared to the CG. Therefore, a 12‐week intradialytic exercise regime is safe and effective in improving HRQL and reducing depression status for hemodialysis patients.
KW - Depression status
KW - Exercise
KW - Health‐related quality of life
KW - Hemodialysis
KW - Intradialytic exercise
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18179205
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18179205
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85114038119
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 18
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
IS - 17
M1 - 9205
ER -
