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Digital Home-Monitoring of Patients after Kidney Transplantation: The MACCS Platform
Published on: April 12, 2021
Merging an Activity Tracker with SystemCHANGE™ to Improve Physical Activity in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients
Tara O'Brien1, Donna Hathaway2,3, Cynthia L Russell4
1Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, College of Nursing, Columbus, OH.
Abstract:
Motivational strategies to increase adherence to a long-term physical activity regimen have been unsuccessful for kidney transplant recipients. We propose a theory-based SystemCHANGE™ + Activity Tracker framework. The SystemCHANGE™ + Activity Tracker approach combines small, individual-driven experiments for increasing physical activity with visual feedback from the wireless activity tracker, which enables clients to study their progress in increasing physical activity. The SystemCHANGE™ + Activity Tracker approach is designed to empower kidney transplant recipients to improve and maintain their physical activity behavior.
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