EFFICACY OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM ON ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENT AND SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCORE AMONG HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS | ||||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 14, Volume 5, Issue 2, July 2018, Page 173-186 PDF (595.01 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2018.149714 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Nagwa Abd El Aty1; Mostafa Mohamed2; Hanan Mohammed3; Amira Hassanin3 | ||||
| 1Nursing specialist at Specialized Medical Hospital | ||||
| 2Internal – Medicine , Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University | ||||
| 3Medical Surgical Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Malnutrition is mostly common worldwide among hemodialysis patients which increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Aim of the study: To evaluate efficacy of nutritional support educational program on anthropometric measurement and subjective global assessment score among hemodialysis patients. Methods: With in this study Quasi‒ experimental research design was utilized. A purposive sample of 100 adult patients of both sexes diagnosed with chronic renal failure and on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), the tool used for data, collection included nutritional assessment sheet, and nutritional formula. Results: the study sample consists of certain hundred hemodialysis patients who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to take part into the study; Their main age was between 30 to ≥ 60 years old .The sample consisted of 49) male and 51) female. In regards renal failure causes identified by the participants, the majority had hypertension (83%), 36% of patients had diabetes and 55 % of the sample had virus C infections. Almost all the participants (92.5%) had a three times frequency of hemodialysis per week 48%on dialysis more than 5years . 39 % of study sample were considered mildly to moderately malnourished according to subjective global assessment score . Nutrition support educational program resulted in improvements in subjective global assessment score , anthropometric measurements and nutritional knowledge of the patients. Conclusion: Planned dietary education or counseling for hemodialysis patients performs a main function withinthe preservation concerning scientific outcome and the universal health regarding affected person . Recommendation: Continuous education and training are required for all hemodialysis patients about nutrition. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Hemodialysis; Malnutrition; Nutritional support | ||||
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