ホシノ ジュンイチ   Hoshino Junichi
  星野 純一
   所属   医学部 医学科(東京女子医科大学病院)
   職種   教授・基幹分野長
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読なし
表題 Duration-stratified effects of exercise therapy on health-related quality of life in hemodialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
掲載誌名 正式名:Renal Replacement Therapy
ISSNコード:20591381
掲載区分国外
出版社 BioMed Central
巻・号・頁 12,pp.s41100-026-00710-6
著者・共著者 Honda Yu, Uchida Daisuke, Kojima Shigeki, Miyake Hiromasa, Nishimoto Masatoshi, Hishikawa Akihito, Tonomura Shun, Sofue Tadashi, Fujii Naohiko, Saitoh Masakazu, Narita Ichiei, Yamagata Kunihiro, Hoshino Junichi, Kawarazaki Hiroo, Sakurada Tsutomu
発行年月 2026/03/08
概要 Background
Patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD) have reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Structured exercise therapy is recommended, but domain-specific effects and the influence of intervention duration remain uncertain. This study evaluated the impact of structured exercise therapy on multiple HRQoL domains, including fatigue and depression, stratified by intervention duration.
Methods
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis, searching MEDLINE (PubMed) through November 2024. The protocol was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42025642273). We included trials comparing structured exercise with non-exercise controls in adult HD patients. Primary outcomes were Short Form (SF)-36 Physical and Mental Component Summaries (PCS, MCS), fatigue, pain, general health, and depression (Beck Depression Inventory). Data were synthesized using random-effects models, stratified by intervention duration (≤ 3 versus > 3 months). Risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane RoB 2 tool.
Results
We identified 94 randomized controlled trials (5228 participants); 22 reported HRQoL outcomes and were meta-analyzed. Exercise significantly improved fatigue (mean difference [MD] + 7.27, 95% confidence interval [CI] 4.75–9.80) and reduced depressive symptoms in > 3-month trials (MD −7.62, 95% CI −8.34 to −6.90); no ≤ 3-month depression data were available. In overall analyses, general health (MD + 11.59, 95% CI 6.98–16.21) and PCS (MD + 5.83, 95% CI 0.71–10.94) improved, whereas MCS (MD + 7.60, 95% CI −3.75 to 18.94) and pain (MD + 2.19, 95% CI −4.41 to 8.79) showed no clear benefit. Short-term interventions (≤ 3 months) yielded significant improvements in pain and general health. In longer-term interventions (> 3 months), general health estimates were similar in magnitude but statistically nonsignificant, and pain effects were also nonsignificant with substantial heterogeneity. Fatigue improved in both duration strata.
Conclusions
Structured exercise therapy appears to improve fatigue in patients on maintenance HD and may provide additional gains in PCS and general health with interventions longer than 3 months. Improvements in depressive symptoms were observed from limited evidence, and duration-specific effects remain uncertain because no trials assessed depression at ≤ 3 months. Effects on pain and MCS remain uncertain owing to substantial heterogeneity. Larger long-term trials are needed to clarify the sustainability of HRQoL benefits beyond 3 months.
DOI 10.1186/s41100-026-00710-6
文献番号 A408550005<Pre 医中誌>