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The effect of food diet training on the severity of physical problems in non-dialysis chronic kidney patients
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M Pourshaban *   , M Gholamnezhad , Z Parsayekta |
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| Introduction: Uremic syndrome is a clinical condition that is associated with physical problems are plentiful and annoyingly. Because urinary tract of chronic kidney patients is not able to exit of wastes products from the body normally, patients need shall adhere an appropriate diet. This study aimed to determine the effect of food diet training on the severity of physical problems in non-dialysis chronic kidney patients.
Method: It was a quasi-experimental before-after nonequivalent comparative group study. Eighty non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients with Glomerular Filtration Rate of 15-60 ml/min/1.73 m2 were recruited and assigned either to comparison or experimental groups (n=40). The experimental group received food diet training package in 2 sessions of 2 hours and the control group received only usual care. Before and after 12 weeks, patients were evaluated by a Visual Analog Scale. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics (t-test and chi square) using SPSS-PC (v.16).
Results: After 12 weeks of intervention, problems related to muscle pain (P=0.04), itching (P=0.03), drowsy and weakness (P=0.001), numbness in hands and feet (P=0.03), bone pain (P=0.03) and tingling feet in intervention group than comparison group showed statistically significant difference.
Conclusion: Awareness of non-dialysis chronic kidney patients such practices in the educational related to diet reduces of severity some of physical problems in the patients. So the nurse as a member of the medical team can many complications prevent with training and these patients also present problem to a minimum. |
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| Keywords: Physical problems, chronic kidney disease (CKD), food diet training, non-dialysis patient |
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Type of Study: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing |
Subject:
nursing
Received: 2014/06/30 | Published: 2014/07/15
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