title: Nutritional knowledge following interventional educational sessions in children on regular hemodialysis.
abstract: To evaluate the impact of nutritional knowledge following interventional educational sessions in chronic dialysis patients, we studied 40 children on chronic regular hemodialysis (HD) at the beginning and after six months of nutrition educational sessions using a predesigned questionnaire. We also measured the anthropometric parameters of nutrition to evaluate the impact of this education on the health of patients. We found a highly statistically significant increase in patients' scores and in adequate knowledge using the questionnaire after the educational sessions. Our results showed a statistically significant decrease in body mass index and weight after educational sessions for six months. Moreover, there were no significant decreases in serum phosphorus, ferritin, iron and creatinine, in contrast with no significant increase in hemoglobin, serum calcium, blood urea nitrogen and serum albumin. We conclude that nutritional education is significantly effective with regard to the level of knowledge, but not with regard to the attitude and practice in children on chronic HD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
authors.forename: Doaa Mohammed
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Youssef
authors.forename: Mohammad Nagib
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Abo Al Fotoh
authors.forename: Rabab Mohamed
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Elibehidy
authors.forename: Shreen Magdy Ahmad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ramadan
authors.forename: Ehab Mohammady
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Mohammad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers