Informing the evidence-practice gap about frailty-support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with end stage kidney disease: the 'frailty to fit' pilot study.

Richard Modderman, Onika Paolucci, Sara Zabeen, Clee Tonkin, Jaquelyne Hughes, Anne Marie Eades, Deborah Roe, Rebecca Jarman, Kerry Dole, Gwendoline Lowah, Emidio Cocetti, Anne Weldon, Jacqueline Kent, Kirsty Annesley, Mattias Jing, Margaret Purnell, Tolbert Gaykamangu, Wayne Alum, Edna Wittkopp, Anne Marie PuruntatemeriJaquelyne Hughes

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Abstract

Background
Access to home dialysis is important to remote Australians living with chronic kidney disease, which may be enabled by strategies that reduce frailty.
Aim
To develop and pilot a population-specific physical frailty assessment, provided alongside physiotherapy restorative care for adults commencing dialysis in Northern Australia.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 17 Oct 2022
EventAustralian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN) Annual Scientific Meeting - Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology Accor Stadium, Sydney, Australia
Duration: 17 Oct 202219 Oct 2022
Conference number: 57th

Conference

ConferenceAustralian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN) Annual Scientific Meeting
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period17/10/2219/10/22

Keywords

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • End stage kidney disease
  • home dialysis
  • frailty
  • chronic kidney disease

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