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.
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
Patient's nephrologist refuses for them to participate
Unstable angina
Unstable pulmonary disease or pulmonary symptoms that preclude participation
Lower-extremity amputation without prosthetic (BKA, AKA) -Orthopedic or neurologic condition that would preclude walking or tensing/releasing of muscles-
University of Illinois at Chicago
Lead sponsor
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Collaborator