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Dietary Sodium Restriction in Hemodialysis Patients

Not Applicable
Conditions
Hemodialysis Patients
Interventions
Other: Sodium restriction
Registration Number
NCT01896882
Lead Sponsor
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Brief Summary

Excess dietary sodium can lead to poor outcomes, such as hypertension, edema and increased risk for cardiovascular diseases. These complications are associated with end stage renal disease (ESRD) progression and mortality in renal patients. This study aims to evaluate the effects of nutritional counseling restricting dietary sodium and its relation to clinical and diet factors, nutritional knowledge and quality of life in hemodialysis patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
112
Inclusion Criteria
  • Clinical stable patients on dialysis for at least 3 months, over 18 years old, of both sexes, who agree to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with low cognitive ability, psychiatric disorders, with acute or infectious disease.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
InterventionSodium restrictionNutritional education on sodium restriction diet.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Sodium intakeBaseline, 30, 90, 180 and 360 days

Sodium intake will be evaluated by food record and a food frequency questionnaire.

Quality of lifeBaseline, 180 and 360 days.

Quality of life will be evaluated by the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Kidney Disease and Quality-of-Life Short-Form (KDQOL-SF) questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Interdialytic weight gainBaseline, 30, 90, 180 and 360 days.

Will be considered the amount of weight gain between 2 dialysis sessions.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

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Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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