Fight Fatigue: A Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Walking Intervention to Reduce Fatigue in Adults With ESKD
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other, Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
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
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• 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
Locations
United States
Illinois
UI Health/University of Illinois Chicago
RECRUITING
Chicago
Contact Information
Primary
Mary Hannan, PhD
mhanna22@uic.edu
3123554838
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-09-02
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-06
Participants
Target number of participants: 40
Treatments
Experimental: Fight Fatigue
Combined progressive muscle relaxation and walking (increasing step count) 12-week intervention that consists of education/training followed by text messages
Active_comparator: Attention Control
End-stage kidney disease education, followed by text messages (over 12 weeks)
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Leads: University of Illinois at Chicago