Exploring How the Kidney BEAM Physical Activity Digital Health Intervention Improved Mental Health-Related Quality of Life for People Living With Kidney Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Kidney BEAM randomized controlled trial reported clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements in mental health-related quality of life (HRQoL), physical function (sit-to-stand-60, but not the physical component of HRQoL) and patient activation after a 12-week physical activity digital health intervention (DHI). This study explores factors that contributed to the effectiveness of Kidney BEAM through mixed methods analyses.

Methods

Quantitative data analysis was obtained from the recently published primary manuscript. Participants from the Kidney BEAM trial intervention group (n = 30) completed individualized semistructured interviews after the 12-week DHI. Interviews were analyzed using the framework method with inductive and deduct

SUBMITTER: Castle EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11652097 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature