Exercise in patients with chronic kidney disease and kidney transplant: a review of the clinical and cost-effectiveness
Murtagh J, Foerster V, Nkansah E
Record ID 32011001309
English
Authors' recommendations:
There is a relatively small pool of literature addressing the efficacy of exercise in the treatment of these patients although one group of experts asserts that virtually all the studies published over the past three decades have demonstrated that exercise is safe and beneficial in this population. There appears to be no literature addressing the cost-effectiveness of exercise programs in this patient group. Perhaps more significant, the available evidence does not make a link between exercise-induced improvements in various intermediate outcome measures and reduced morbidity or mortality and only seldom makes the link to health-related QOL.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/htis/L0041%20Exercise%20for%20Patients%20with%20Chronic%20Kidney%20Disease%20final.pdf
Year Published:
2008
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Canada
MeSH Terms
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
- Kidney Transplantation
Contact
Organisation Name:
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Contact Address:
600-865 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 5S8 Canada. Tel: +1 613 226 2553; Fax: +1 613 226 5392;
Contact Name:
requests@cadth.ca
Contact Email:
requests@cadth.ca
Copyright:
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA or other HTA producer. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database.