Effect of Exercise or Combined Exercise and Diet Intervention on Sleep and Fatigue in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Physical functioning and diet may be promising targets to improve sleep and reduce fatigue among kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). We investigated whether a lifestyle intervention consisting of exercise or exercise combined with diet improve self-reported sleep and fatigue among KTRs.

Methods

A predefined analysis of the Dutch multicenter randomized controlled Active Care after Transplantation (ACT) study (NCT01047410) was performed. Participants were allocated to control, exercise or exercise plus diet. The exercise group received 3 months supervised exercise with 15 months lifestyle coaching. This was supplemented with 15 months dietary counseling for the exercise plus diet group. Sleep and fatigue were assessed using the Kidney Disease Quality of Life-Shor

SUBMITTER: Knobbe TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12266161 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature