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Kidney units were randomly selected in Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Sweden.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In total, 352 (35%\u00a0male) nurses; 143 (54% male) physicians participated; 96% and 98%, respectively, believed exercise was beneficial. Of them, 59% (CI 50%\u201367%) prescribed exercise \u2018always or often\u2019 (I2 91%), ranging from 15% in Germany to 86% in Sweden. Of the facilities, 48% (CI 39%\u201356%) did not have a physiotherapy unit (I2 98%); six% (CI 3%\u201312%) did: in Italy one% (CI 0.03%\u20137%); in Sweden 86% (CI 42%\u201399%), (I2 97%). Seven% (CI 3%\u201312%) had physiotherapists and exercise programmes; eight% (CI 4%\u201313%) for all treatment modalities: in Italy four% (CI 1%\u201310%) and five% (CI 1%\u201312%), respectively; in Sweden 71% (CI 29%\u201396%) and 86% (CI 42%\u201399%), (I2 87% and 97%, respectively). Only Sweden reimbursed physiotherapy costs for all patients. In total, 1235 patients participated: those with CKD 4\u20135 (n\u00a0=\u00a0137, male 62%); peritoneal dialysis (n\u00a0=\u00a040, male 60%); home haemodialysis (n\u00a0=\u00a030, male 63%); institutional haemodialysis (n\u00a0=\u00a0928, male 59%); and kidney transplant (n\u00a0=\u00a0100, male 62%). Between 9% and 37% of all patients reported having received an exercise programme, among those one- to two-thirds had continued to exercise.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Physicians and nurses regarded exercise as important for patients with CKD. Physical performance was not assessed. Most patients had not received exercise prescriptions. All countries, except Sweden, lacked physiotherapy resources and reimbursement strategies. 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