title: [Effect of an educational admission program for patients at the conservative phase of chronic kidney disease (CKD)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We have been conducting a 1-week educational admission program for patients at the conservative phase of chronic kidney disease (CKD) since 2006. In this study we evaluated the effect of the program.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively reviewed 469 patients who could be followed for 12 months after a 1-week educational admission program for CKD out of a total of 700 patients who attended the program between October 2006 and April 2012. We compared the rates of decrease in renal function before and after the program. In addition, we divided the patients into two groups of diabetic nephropathy and non-diabetic nephropathy. We compared the rate of decrease in renal function in each group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate of decrease in renal function 12 months after discharge was improved compared with that 6 months before admission. (before: 0.316 mL/min/1.73 m2/month; after: 0.001 mL/min/1.73 m2/month.) The rate of decrease in renal function 6 months before admission of the diabetic nephropathy group was 72.3 times faster than that of the non-diabetic nephropathy group. However, the rate of decrease in renal function 12 months after admission was improved in both groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was revealed that the educational admission program is effective for preserving the renal function on patients at the conservative phase of CKD.
authors: Department of Nephrology, Ohmihachiman Community Medical Center, Shiga, Japan.
authors: Risa
authors: R
authors: Ueno
authors: Tsuguru
authors: T
authors: Hatta
authors: Yuka
authors: Y
authors: Kawasaki
authors: Masayuki
authors: M
authors: Hara
authors: Mai
authors: M
authors: Otani
authors: Hiroyoshi
authors: H
authors: Segawa
authors: Kei
authors: K
authors: Maki
authors: Katsunori
authors: K
authors: Sawada
mesh_terms: D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome