Breathing Exercises to Improve Fatigue and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients

NCT03499054 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 4rfvgy7m
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 86
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Breathing exercises to improve fatigue and quality of life in hemodialysis patients

Conditions

Hemodialysis; Breathing Exercises; Fatigue

Keywords

Breathing exercises; fatigue; quality of life

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• fatigue

  Assessment of fatigue using fatigue score with a lowest score of 26 points and highest score of 104 points in the control group and the exercise group at the start of the study(baseline), Week 4 and Week 12 for a total of A 3-month

  A 3-month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• quality of life

  A 3-month

Study Arms (2)

control group

NO INTERVENTION

Hemodialysis patients in the control group who receive only routine nursing care during hemodialysis

exercise group

EXPERIMENTAL

The exercise group are asked to perform breathing exercises during hemodialysis for the study period of 3 months.

Other: Breathing exercises

Interventions

Breathing exercises OTHER

During hemodialysis, the participants in the exercise group are asked to keep ttheir muscles relaxed, breathe normally through the nose at a rate of 3-8 times per minute with each breath held over 5 seconds in length. At the same time, the particpants are asked to also perform lower leg lifts for about 8 seconds per lift. The exercise is performed for 15-20 minutes, and after resting, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and HRV are measured.

exercise group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• diagnosed by end-stage renal disease, regular hemodialysis three times a week and up to six months or more
• Adults over 20 years of age.
• Consciousness.
• can be used to communicate in Taiwanese, accept questionnaire interviews or self-filling questionnaire.
• no chest pain or shortness of breath symptoms.
• No lower extremity disability and ability to walk on their own.
• agree to take respiratory exercise intervention measures, have the intention to participate in this study and signed a consent form.

You may not qualify if:

• unstable vital signs, or serious heart disease: such as the diagnosis of myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, cardiopulmonary disease and other patients.
• A complication occurs, such as aspiration pneumonia.
• history of arrhythmia, as well as taking heart rate medication.
• Physician's advice is not suitable for exercise, such as bone and joint problems.
• There is a temporary double vena cava catheter placed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences: lead

Study Sites (1)

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Taipei County, 220, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Fatigue

Interventions

Breathing Exercises

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Exercise Movement Techniques; Physical Therapy Modalities

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Co-head of Nurses, AHN Department of Internal Medicine

Model Details: Randomized hemodialysis patients in hospital

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 31, 2018
• First Posted: April 17, 2018
• Study Start: March 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2017
• Study Completion: June 30, 2017
• Last Updated: April 17, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)