Captivating a captive audience: a quality improvement project increasing participation in intradialytic exercise across five renal dialysis units.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Benefits of exercise on dialysis (EOD) are well established, however, uptake in our local satellite haemodialysis units is low. The implications of the status quo are risks to treatment efficiency, equity and patient centredness in managing personal health risks. The current study aimed to identify and address barriers to exercise participation while on dialysis by substantiating local EOD risks, assigning context, implementing changes and evaluating their impact. Our primary objective was to increase the uptake of EOD across our five dialysis units.

Methods

Semi-structured interview and questionnaire data from patients and nursing staff were used to inform a root-cause analysis of barriers to exercise participation while on dialysis. Intervention was subsequently

SUBMITTER: Abdulnassir L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5569997 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature