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The effects of a nurse-supervised home exercise programme on improving patients' perceptions of the benefits and barriers to exercise: A randomised controlled trial.
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); Sep2017, Vol. 26 Issue 17-18, p2765-2775, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Aims and objectives To explore the effects of a home exercise programme on patients' perceptions of the barriers and benefits to exercise and adherence to the programme. Background Great efforts have been made to encourage dialysis patients to participate in rehabilitation regimens. The promotion of exercise in this population is still limited. Design This was a post hoc analysis of a randomised, two-group parallel study. Methods A total of 113 adult patients recruited from the haemodialysis units were randomised into two groups on a 1:1 ratio. Both groups received in-centre group exercise training weekly for 6 weeks. The intervention group patients were provided with an additional individualised nurse-led home exercise prescription and behavioural support for 12 weeks. The patients' perceptions of the barriers and benefits to exercise, adherence to the home exercise prescription and their exercise level at weeks 6 and 12 were evaluated. Results There was a significant between-group difference in the score on patient perceptions of the barriers and benefits to exercise, with the intervention group reporting a greater reduction in perceived barriers to exercise. Significant group differences were noted in exercise level upon the completion of the programme, with the intervention group reporting higher such levels. The average adherence rate to the negotiated exercise plans was 78.9%. The intervention group of patients did better at meeting or exceeding the minimum exercise goal than did the control group. Conclusion Home exercise prescriptions and behavioural support provided by trained nurses are effective at helping patients to remove barriers to engaging in exercise training. Relevance to clinical practice Physical exercise in a clinical arena should not be considered the exclusive domain of physical therapists; the team could collaborate with nurses to play a core role in making physical exercise for patients an essential practice of care in a multidisciplinary team. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
CHI-squared test
CONCEPTUAL structures
EXERCISE therapy
FISHER exact test
HEMODIALYSIS
HEMODIALYSIS patients
HOME care services
HOME nursing
INTERVIEWING
MEDICAL cooperation
NEPHROLOGY
NURSING
NURSING models
PATIENT compliance
QUESTIONNAIRES
REHABILITATION
RESEARCH
STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
STATISTICS
T-test (Statistics)
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
DATA analysis
SOCIAL support
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
REPEATED measures design
PATIENTS' attitudes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MANN Whitney U Test
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09621067
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 17-18
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124486115
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13798