Use of Pedometers to Measure and Increase Walking Among Patients With ESRD (PED)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: End-stage Renal Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: pedometer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02623348

10-02719

Details and patient eligibility

About

Randomized controlled trial using pedometers to increase physical activity among patients on dialysis.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• on hemodialysis for ≥ 3 months
• able to walk
• able to give informed consent and willing to participate

Exclusion criteria

• unable to walk
• unable to understand directions or give informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

pedometer

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will be given pedometers and instructions to increase physical activity based on pedometer output

Treatment:

Behavioral: pedometer

usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention