title: Non-compliance to diet and fluid restrictions in haemodialysis patients.
abstract: Compliance with fluid and dietary instructions is a critically significant factor in the health and well-being of haemodialysis patients. Serial measurement of serum potassium (K) and interdialytic weight gain (IWG) were carried out in 50 haemodialysis patients at the Kidney Centre over a period of one month. Sixty-two percent were males. Ages ranged from 19-69 years (mean 49 years). Duration on dialysis varied from 6 months to 9 years. Patients with an IWG > 1.5 Kg and/or serum K+ > 5.5 m Eq/L were defined as non-compliant. Thirty-two patients (64%) were non-compliant in either diet or fluid. In 13 of these cases, both serum K and IWG were elevated. In the remaining 19, only one value was high. Predictors of non-compliance to diet and fluid regimens were older age (81%), males (68%), less education (75%), single (90%) depression (59%) and not feeling responsible for one's own well-being (85%). Attempts to improve compliance should be aimed by exposing the non-compliant group to nutritional and psychosocial therapy.
authors.affiliation: Kidney Centre, Karachi.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Safdar
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baakza
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Naqvi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water