A Comprehensive Exercise (COMEX) Intervention to Optimize Exercise Participation for Improving Patient-Centered Outcomes and Physical Functioning in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: Development and Pilot Testing.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

To address the need for an intradialytic exercise program that is easily delivered in clinical setting, engaging and scalable, we developed a novel COMprehensive EXercise (COMEX) program based on input from patients receiving hemodialysis (HD), dialysis staff members and nephrologists. The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility, safety, and acceptance of COMEX during HD.

Study design

Single-arm prospective pilot feasibility study.

Setting & participants

Seventeen patients receiving in-center HD.

Intervention

Three-month participation in the COMEX program, which included video-based dialysis chair exercises (aerobic and resistance) integrated with educational and motivational components.

Outcomes

Data on recruitment

SUBMITTER: Jhamb M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10623365 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature