مطالعه آگاهي ، نگرش و عملكرد تغذيه اي بيماران كليوي تحت درمان با همودياليز

STUDY OF NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS

Background and Objectives: Proper dietary program in the patients undergoing hemodialysis not only can affect number of dialysis sessions but also postpone the need for transplantation as well as prevent its complications. Therefore, nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice of patient with renal failure undergoing hemodialysis were assessed . Materials and Methods: For this cross-sectional study, 70 patients (33 males and 37 females ,15-80 years old age) undergoing hemodialysis in Sina hospital, Tabriz were selected by simple sampling methods and data was collected by face to face interview using questionnaire. Results: The findings of this study showed that nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice were good in 47.10%, 74.3%, 62.9% patients respectively. Direct significant correlation was found between knowledge with attitude, attitude with practice and knowledge with education. Conclusion: On the basis of our findings, if increase in nutritional knowledge could result in changing attitude, it would be able to produce practical changes.