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An Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Program in CKD (Move to Health 2)

Sponsor: Springfield College

Summary

The primary purpose of the current 6-month study is to determine the effect of an integrated, comprehensive, individualized, intervention program including dietary, exercise, pharmacy, and behavioral counseling on patient performance of the short physical performance battery (SPPB) which gives an indication of an individual's ability to perform activities of daily living dependent upon lower extremity function. Additional objectives include the impact of the intervention on cardiovascular risk factors, and the impact of the intervention on other indices of physical function in stage 3-4 CKD patients. The investigators hypothesize that patients who participate in this integrated, intensive, individualized lifestyle intervention will have higher SPPB scores compared to individuals in the usual care group. The investigators also hypothesize that this approach will lead to higher adherence rates to the lifestyle recommendations and that those who adhere will also show better improvements in the measured variables over time compared to patients who are randomly assigned to the usual care group or who comply poorly with the various study components.

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