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KIDNEY FAILURE AND HEMODIALYSIS

RENALTOUCH SYSTEM EFFECTS ON NUTRITION/DIETARY MANAGEMENT AND DIALYSIS TREATMENT INFORMATION, FOR DIALYSIS PATIENTS

Comprehensive understanding of nutritional therapy required for kidney failure is essential for the prevention of medical complications. Renal diet knowledge and compliance reduces complications and improves quality of life and longevity, and yet it is estimated that only 50% of dialysis patients adhere to their treatment regime (Badzek, Hines, & Moss, 1998).

The United States Renal Data System (USRDS)(2001) reported that End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), known as chronic kidney failure, is a major health problem affecting 300,000 Americans, increasing 7% per year. ESRD can be treated by hemodialysis. The success or failure of hemodialysis for treatment of kidney failure is dependent on factors such as patient compliance. Nutritional compliance affects hemodialysis outcomes and education and support are considered to be mediating factors in nutritional compliance. For example, an understanding of vitamins and minerals are important for hemodialysis patients, glycemic control is a predictor of survival for diabetic hemodialysis patients, and protein-energy malnutrition is found in hemodialysis maintenance patients (Elfert & Drees, 1999; Kopple, 1999; Oka, Chaboyer, & Molzahn, 1999; Morioka, Emoto, Tabata, & Shoji, 2001). Renal diet is technical and complex which may affect the patient's ability to learn and retain information about food management, which may lead to a lack of patient compliance. For this reason an easy-to-understand education technique is needed to assist patients in gaining knowledge regarding nutrition/dietary management and dialysis treatment. The RenalTouch System offers this type of education. Evaluation of this system's effectiveness is therefore warranted.

Among the factors noted that affect the success or failure of hemodialysis, lack of patient compliance regarding diet has bee...

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