Influence of officially ordered restrictions during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity and quality of life in patients after kidney transplantation in a telemedicine based aftercare program-a KTx360° sub study
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Guidelines recommend a healthy lifestyle and regularly physical activity (PA) after kidney transplantation (KTx). The KTx360° program is a multicenter, multisectoral, multimodal, telemedicine-based follow-up care program. Effects of the first COVID-19 wave restrictions on health-related quality of life and PA of supervised KTx360° patients were evaluated using an online questionnaire. Six hundred and fifty-two KTx360° patients were contacted via email and were asked to complete the Freiburg questionnaire of physical activity and the Short form 12 Health Survey (SF-12) online. Pre-pandemic and lockdown data were compared in 248 data sets. While sporting activity decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, basic and leisure activity increased, resulting in increased overall activity. The physical component scale of the SF-12 was in the low normal range before as well as during the pandemic, with a small but significant increase during the pandemic. The mental component scale showed normal values before and during pandemic with a small but statistically significant decrease. Our study supports the effectiveness of a telemedicine based program for KTx patient care in maintaining PA and quality of life during the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, further research and observation during the ongoing pandemic are required.
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- Authors
- Hanke, A. A., Sundermeier, T., Boeck, H. T., Schieffer, E., Boyen, J., Braun, A. C., Rolff, S., Stein, L., Kück, M., Schiffer, M., Pape, L., Zwaan, M. D., Haufe, S., Kerling, A., Tegtbur, U., & Nöhre, M.
- Affiliations
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (DE)
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
- Leibniz University Hannover (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Hanke, Alexander A.
- ORCID
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020-12-07
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 9144
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7730551
- OpenAlex
- W3112453510
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4
- FWCI
- 1.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- OPUS FAU (Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV), on behalf of the Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Federal Joint Committee of the Federal Republic of Germany (01NVF16009)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Transplantation › Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown measures, kidney transplantation, physical activity, health-related quality of life, telemedicine, post-transplant care, mental health, physical activity level
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, Aftercare, Humans, Quality of Life, Exercise, Kidney Transplantation, Telemedicine, Pandemics
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