Sharlene Greenwood and others studied the clinical and economic effects of a physical activity digital health intervention and reported results at the International Society of Nephrology World Congress of Nephrology 2024. They assigned 340 UK adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) to either the Kidney BEAM intervention or a waiting list control group. Between baseline and 24 weeks, they measured the difference in the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form 1.3 Mental Component Summary (KDQoL-SF1.3 MCS), the KDQoL-SF1.3 Physical Component Summary, and the European Quality of Life 5 dimension, 3 level (EQ5D-3L) utility score; they measured health care utilization at the same points. ...
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Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP, MBASenior Nephrologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Senior Associate Dean, Harvard Medical School
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Mohamed G. Atta, MD, MPHProfessor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Timothy E. Bunchman, MDProfessor and Director, Pediatric Nephrology, Transplantation, and Rheumatology, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Suphamai Bunnapradist, MD, MSProfessor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Research Director, Kidney Transplant Program, UCLA
Fernando C. Fervenza, MD, PhDProfessor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic
Kenneth A. Liss, DOPartner, Hypertension and Nephrology Association, Eatontown, NJ
Joel M. Topf, MD, FACPAssistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
