Association between physical activity and mortality in end-stage kidney disease: a systematic review of observational studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

End-stage Kidney Disease patients have a high mortality and hospitalization risk. The association of these outcomes with physical activity is described in the general population and in other chronic diseases. However, few studies examining this association have been completed in end-stage Kidney Disease patients, raising the need to systematically review the evidence on the association of physical activity with mortality and hospitalization in this population.

Methods

Electronic databases (EBSCO, Scopus and Web of Science) and hand search were performed until March 2020 for observational studies reporting the association of physical activity with mortality or hospitalization in adult end-stage Kidney Disease patients on renal replacement therapy (hemodialysis, per

SUBMITTER: Martins P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8212466 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature