The Effect of Home Based Tel-Exercise on Dialysis Patients

Patients with renal failure undergoing maintenance dialysis (HD) therapy typically have very low levels of physical activity (PA), and this is associated with greatly increased morbidity and mortality.

According to studies, regular exercise is beneficial for patients at all stages, and the current recommendations for the prevention and management of side effects in HD patients, especially in the elderly, is regular exercise because it improves physical performance and PA . Currently, due to the unfamiliarity of dialysis center staff and nephrologists with the benefits of exercise, only 10% of the world's clinics have a plan to exercise during HD. Therefore, home-based exercise programs are a suitable option for patients to reduce their costs and make it easy to adhere to.

Home-based exercise has the potential to utilize higher volume and higher intensity training if activity is monitored. However, many of these programs are unsupervised and this is one of the major disadvantages of home-based exercise programs. Lack of prior knowledge about the safety and benefits of exercise programs, fear of injury, and lack of interest or motivation are barriers to exercise at home.

Tele-rehabilitation is rehabilitation services provided to patients from distant locations using information and communication technologies.Several studies have reported the use of e health-based self-management interventions in chronic kidney disease patients.

However, further research is needed to better understand the extent to which these techniques are acceptable, safe and potentially effective for supporting individuals undergoing HD treatment, given their unique needs and risk profile, is unknown. Our study seeks to address this gap by conducting a pilot evaluation of synchronous home-based tele exercise intervention designed for HD patient.