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Trial reportAmerican journal of nephrology2021

Association of Cognitive Function Screening Results with Adherence and Performance in a Pedometer-Based Intervention.

Anoop Sheshadri, Piyawan Kittiskulnam, Cynthia Delgado, Rebecca L Sudore, Jennifer C Lai, Kirsten L Johansen

Open access · hybridAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in American journal of nephrology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Uremic Toxins, CKD, and Cognitive Dysfunction.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Anoop SheshadriNephrology Section, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
Piyawan KittiskulnamDivision of Internal Medicine-Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Cynthia DelgadoNephrology Section, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
Rebecca L SudoreDivision of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jennifer C LaiDivision of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Kirsten L JohansenDivision of Nephrology, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
San Francisco VA Medical Center · USChulalongkorn University · THUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

The spectrum of cognitive impairment including Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias after liver transplantationR01AG059183 · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2025 to 2025
$1.4M
Mentoring Researchers in Advance Care Planning for Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias and their CaregiversK24AG054415 · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2025 to 2025
$185k
CSRD VA IK2 CX000527NIA NIH HHS K24 AG054415NIA NIH HHS R01 AG059183NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK111154NIDDK NIH HHS K24 DK085153
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionA randomized, controlled trial of a pedometer-based walking intervention with weekly activity goals led to increased walking among dialysis patients. We examined whether impairment per cognitive function screening is associated with adherence and performance in the intervention.

methodsThirty dialysis patients were randomly assigned to a 3-month pedometer-based intervention with weekly goals. Participants were administered the Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status (TICS), a test of global mental status. We examined the association of levels of impairment on the TICS (≥33: unimpaired, 26-32: ambiguous impairment, 21-25: mild cognitive impairment [MCI]) with adherence, achieving weekly goals, and increasing steps, physical performance (Short Physical Performance Battery, SPPB), and self-reported physical function (PF) through multivariable linear mixed-model and logistic regression analyses adjusted for age, sex, BMI, dialysis modality, baseline steps, baseline SPPB, and stroke status.

resultsOne-third of participants were unimpaired, and 13% had MCI. Participants with worse results on cognitive function screening missed more calls and completed fewer weekly goals than participants with better results. During the intervention, a worse result on cognitive function screening was associated with smaller increases in steps compared to those without impairment: (ambiguous: -620 [95% CI -174, -1,415], MCI: -1,653 [95% CI -120, -3,187]); less improvement in SPPB (ambiguous: -0.22 points [95% CI -0.08, -0.44], MCI: -0.45 [95% CI -0.13, -0.77]); and less improvement in PF (ambiguous: -4.0 points [95% CI -12.2, 4.1], MCI: -14.0 [95% CI -24.9, -3.1]). During the postintervention period, a worse result on cognitive function screening was associated with smaller increases in SPPB (ambiguous: -0.54 [95% CI -1.27, 0.19], MCI: -0.97 [95% CI -0.37, -1.58]) and PF (ambiguous: -3.3 [95% CI -6.5, -0.04], MCI: -10.5 [95% CI -18.7, -2.3]). DISCUSSION/

conclusionParticipants with worse results on cognitive function screening had worse adherence and derived less benefit from this pedometer-based intervention. Future exercise interventions should be developed incorporating methods to address cognitive impairment, for example, by including caregivers when planning such interventions.

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WalkingActigraphyAgedCognitionCognitive DysfunctionFemaleHumansKidney Failure, ChronicMaleMass ScreeningMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsPatient ComplianceRenal DialysisTreatment OutcomeBarriersDialysisExerciseMotivationsPhysical activity

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PMID33979802
PMCPMC8263507
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