Abstract
Objectives : To investigate whether the EASE program might be effective for improving the self-efficacy for exercise and also improving the motor behavior in patients on hemodialysis. Methods : First phase (6-week) intervention using only an exercise check sheet, and second phase (6-week) intervention using methods documented in the EASE program, including peer learning, step-by-step, and self monitoring techniques were performed. To assess the effect of these interventions, the self-efficacy for exercise and change in the mean motor point were assessed. Results : During the first phase, the self-efficacy for exercise improved significantly during the intervention as compared with that at the baseline, but decreased significantly again after the intervention as compared with the initiation of the intervention. During the second phase, no significant difference was found, although a tendency towards increase of the self-efficacy score was observed at the end of the second phase as compared with that at the end of the first phase. Significantly greater increase of the exercise point was noted during the second phase than during the first phase. Conclusion : Our results indicated, based on the results of comparison of the self-efficacy and motor behavior, that implementation of the second phase of the EASE program could improve the self-efficacy, which still remained low at the end of the first phase, and the motor point.
