Table 3.
Seven questions as critically important using the primary consensus criteria (overall mean ≥7.13 and median ≥7 within each panel)
| Question | Mean (SD) |
Median (IQR) |
Proportion of scores ranked 7–9 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Researchers | Clinicians | Policymakers | Patients | Overall | Researchers | Clinicians | Policymakers | Patients | Overall | Researchers | Clinicians | Policymakers | Patients | |
| What exercise-related outcomes are meaningful to patients? | 7.7 (1.1) | 7.8 (1.0) | 7.8 (1.2) | 7.6 (1.0) | 7.2 (1.8) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (7–8) | 7 (7–9) | 85.7 | 88.5 | 84.6 | 81.8 | 83.3 |
| How can exercise reduce the risk of institutionalization in patients at all stages of CKD, including dialysis? | 7.6 (1.4) | 7.6 (1.5) | 7.8 (1.1) | 7.9 (1.2) | 7.2 (2.2) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (7–9) | 7.5 (7–9) | 86.2 | 88.9 | 85.7 | 81.8 | 83.3 |
| What are the effects of exercise on mortality in patients at all stages of CKD, including dialysis? | 7.6 (1.5) | 7.7 (1.4) | 7.9 (1.0) | 7.2 (1.8) | 7.2 (2.6) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (7–9) | 7.5 (7–8) | 8.5 (5–9) | 82.5 | 81.5 | 92.9 | 80 | 66.7 |
| How can exercise affect mobility in patients at all stages of CKD, including dialysis? | 7.6 (1.4) | 7.7 (1.2) | 7.4 (1.4) | 7.5 (0.9) | 7.4 (2.6) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (6–9) | 8 (7–8) | 9 (7–9) | 81.7 | 89.3 | 64.3 | 81.8 | 85.7 |
| Can exercise interventions before kidney transplant improve surgical outcomes (e.g., graft function, expedite improvements in GFR) and postoperative recovery? | 7.5 (1.7) | 7.4 (1.5) | 8.1 (1.0) | 7.3 (1.8) | 7.2 (3.5) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (7–8) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (6–8) | 9 (8–9) | 83.9 | 84.6 | 92.9 | 72.7 | 80.0 |
| What is the patients’ perspective on exercise and what factors would motivate patients at all stages of CKD to exercise? | 7.4 (1.2) | 7.3 (1.4) | 7.4 (1.1) | 7.7 (0.9) | 7.6 (1.7) | 7.5 (7–8) | 7 (6–8) | 7 (7–8) | 8 (7–8) | 8 (7–9) | 76.8 | 70.4 | 76.9 | 90.9 | 80.0 |
| What is the effect of an intensive post–kidney transplant rehabilitation program on patients who have been on dialysis for many years? | 7.3 (1.3) | 7.2 (1.2) | 7.6 (1.2) | 7.2 (1.1) | 7.6 (2.6) | 7 (7–8) | 7 (7–8) | 7 (7–9) | 7 (7–7) | 9 (8–9) | 79.2 | 77.8 | 83.3 | 77.8 | 80.0 |
CKD, chronic kidney disease; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; IQR, interquartile range.