Fight Fatigue: A Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Walking Intervention to Reduce Fatigue in Adults With ESKD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Summary
Fight Fatigue is evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of a combined progressive muscle relaxation and walking intervention to reduce fatigue for adults with end-stage kidney disease receiving in-center hemodialysis.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of ESKD diagnosis and receiving hemodialysis for at least 3 months * Can read and speak English * Fatigue measured via visual analogue scale, score ≥4 over the last week * Able to stand and walk one block * Has a cell phone that can receive text messages Exclusion Criteria: * Patient's nephrologist refuses for them to participate * Unstable angina * Unstable pulmonary disease or pulmonary symptoms that preclude participation * Lower-extremity amputation without prosthetic (BKA, AKA) -Orthopedic or neurologic condition that would preclude walking or tensing/re…
Interventions
- BehavioralFight Fatigue
Combined progressive muscle relaxation and walking (increasing step count) 12-week intervention that consists of education/training followed by text messages.
- OtherAttention Control
End-stage kidney disease education
Location
- UI Health/University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois