Activation for Self-Care Needs in Older Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease: ACTIVE SENIORS With CKD
VA Office of Research and Development
Summary
This is a pilot trial of a 16-week physical activity and power training program among up to 30 Veterans/arm with advanced chronic kidney disease. The trial aims to test whether the program is tolerable to Veterans.
Description
This will be a randomized controlled pilot trial of a 16-week physical activity and power training intervention trial among up to 30 pre-frail Veterans with Stage 3B-5 chronic kidney disease. The intervention will contain in-center and at-home components. It will lay the foundation for a large-scale future randomized controlled efficacy trial aimed to reduce frailty risk among Veterans with advanced chronic kidney disease. Up to 30 other Veterans will be part of an attention control. The outcomes of this pilot trial are feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity. Each of these outcomes will be…
Eligibility
- Age range
- Not specified
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Participant's nephrologist and/or primary care physician agree that participant may enroll in trial * Participants classified as pre-frail per Fried Frailty phenotype due to slowness (time taken to walk 15 feet is greater than 6 seconds) in Aim 1, OR who report 'YES' to any of the following: * "For health or physical reasons, do you have difficulty in walking a mile (5-6 blocks)?", OR * "If no, have you changed the way you walk half a mile (5-6 blocks) because of underlying health problems?", OR * "For health or physical reasons, do you have difficulty in climbing…
Interventions
- BehavioralPro-social Power training Activity for Aging and Well-being with Chronic Kidney Disease
This is a 16-week power-training and physical activity-focused intervention that contains group in-center and individual at-home components and motivational coaching. Participants will meet 2-3 times per week for the in-center power training. Participants will also be asked to wear accelerometers at home in order for their physical activity frequency to be measured.
- BehavioralAttention Control for Pro-social Power training Activity for Aging and Well-being with Chronic Kidney Disease
This will be the attention control arm that will involve receipt of a physical activity education booklet, use of an accelerometer, and weekly check-in calls. No power training or motivational coaching will be delivered.
Location
- Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Nashville Campus, Nashville, TNNashville, Tennessee