title: Treating fluid noncompliance in the hemodialysis population using unit wide contests.
abstract: Our dialysis unit observed fluid noncompliance over a wide variety of patients. The consequences of fluid abuse that can include systemic and cardiovascular overload are a frequent clinic complication of hemodialysis patients. In spite of all our attempts, our dialysis unit continued to have a substantial group of patients who could not adhere to their fluid restriction. Our dialysis unit needed a novel program to help motivate patients to comply with diet/medication fluid regimens. A method that seems to work well in our dialysis unit is playing unit-wide games. We developed "The Fluid Game," an original patient education idea, for providing renal patients with a fun incentive to keep their interdialytic weight gains within acceptable limits.
authors.affiliation: Gambro Healthcare Lombard, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bushman
mesh_terms: D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D004032:Diet; D004326:Drinking; D005504:Food Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014867:Water; D015430:Weight Gain
chemical_list: D014867:Water