Dr Nyangi Gityamwi

Anaemia is high prevalent among haemodialysis patients in Tanzania despite them being on Erythropoietin therapy. We conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate the relationship between nutritional indices, dietary intake, body composition and anaemia status of haemodialysis patients receiving erythropoietin therapy in Tanzania.

The previous study conducted in Tanzania suggested the association between body composition (the amount of body fat and muscle mass) and iron status among haemodialysis patients on erythropoietin therapy. We conducted a longitudinal study to investigate further on this relationship in the UK cohort.

Haemodialysis patients has high levels of physical inactivity. This eventually reduce their muscle mass, physical functioning and total quality of life. Physical Exercise has found to be beneficial in improving muscle mass, physical functioning, dialysis clearance and inflammation. This study was conducted to test the feasibility of low impact - flexible form of exercise combining both aerobic and resistance training for optimal impact. In this study, video was created and used to demonstrate the exercises - giving flexibility to individuals to exercise at their chosen time. Activity tracker was used to monitor participants' step counts.

There is growing adoption of technology-led health solutions. Technology has great potential to improve the delivery and access to health care services but they need to be led by research evidence. The fast paced evolving nature of technology presents methodological challenges to the evaluation studies. We are conducting a scoping review of the literature to document the research methodologies used and their limitations in evaluating digital health interventions. The aim is to identify the robust methodologies for evaluation of digital health interventions