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. 2023 Aug 31;2023(8):CD013074. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013074.pub2

NCT02361268.

Study name End‐Stage Renal Disease Intra‐dialysis Lifestyle Education study (END‐IDLE)
Methods Study design
  • RCT

  • Duration of follow‐up: 24 weeks (intervention performed for 12 weeks)

Participants Study characteristics
  • Country: USA

  • Setting: not reported

  • Inclusion criteria

    • Maintenance HD for ≥ 3 months

    • Adequately dialysed (Kt/V ≥ 1.2 measured within last 3 months)

    • Expected to remain in present HD shift for next 4 months

    • Expected to remain on HD for at least 6 months

    • ≥ 18 years

  • Exclusion criteria

    • Acute or chronic medical conditions that would make intra‐dialysis yoga potentially hazardous

    • Unstable cardiac disease e.g. angina, life‐threatening arrhythmia

    • Chronic lung disease that prevents gentle exercise or deep breathing exercises

    • Active cerebrovascular diseaseMajor depression

    • Chronic symptoms of nausea, vomiting, or diarrhoea

    • Current participation in exercise or mind‐body program/practice

    • Cognitive impairment (MME ≤ 24) measured at baseline testing visit

Interventions Intervention group 1
  • Intradialysis yoga for 12 weeks, 15 to 60 minutes of yoga during dialysis.


Intervention group 2
  • Educational program for 12 weeks (12 modules)


Co‐interventions
  • Not reported

Outcomes Planned outcomes
  • Change in Physical Component Summary

  • Chronic illness therapy fatigue

    • Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy‐Fatigue: after 24 weeks

  • Profile of Mood States: after 24 weeks

  • Depression

    • Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression: after 24 weeks

  • Patient satisfaction with dialysis treatment: after 24 weeks

  • Sleep

    • PSQI: after 24 weeks

  • Self‐efficacy for self‐management (assessed by questionnaire): after 24 weeks

  • 6MWT: after 24 weeks

  • BP: after 12 weeks

  • Endothelial function: after 12 weeks

  • Arterial stiffness: after 12 weeks

  • Autonomic tone (including baroreflex and heart rate variability): after 12 weeks

Starting date July 2015
Contact information Gurjeet S Birdee
Phone: not reported
Email: not reported
Notes ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02361268. Funding: Vanderbilt University Medical Center and National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). Recruitment status: completed