Jordanian dialysis patients' perceived exercise benefits and barriers: a correlation study
Muhammad W Darawad1, Amani A Khalil
1Faculty of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Purpose:
To investigate Jordanian end-stage renal disease (ESRD)patients' perceived exercise benefits and barriers, and their correlation with patients' demographic variables and dialysis measures.
Methods:
A descriptive correlational study was conducted using cross-sectional survey, using a convenience sample of 190 ESRD dialyzed patients who were recruited from eight hospitals in Jordan.
Findings:
Participants significantly perceived exercise benefits (M= 2.88/4, SD± .67) higher than barriers (M= 2.66, SD± .62). The most frequent perceived exercise benefits were preventing muscular atrophy and improving mood, whereas tiredness and lower-extremity fatigue were the most frequent exercise barriers. Finally, acceptable values of Cronbach's Alpha were revealed for perceived exercise subscale, barriers subscale, and total scale (α= .88, .81, and .70, respectively).
Conclusion:
Participants focused more on exercise benefits than barriers, and on direct exercise benefits and barriers than the indirect.
Clinical Relevance:
The results of this study have important implications for the efforts that aim at improving ESRD patients' exercise behaviors.
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