Knowledge, attitude and practices with regard to renal nutrition among patients with chronic kidney disease
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: N189- Chronic kidney disease, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/02/049614
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Namrata Rao S
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients with diagnosis of Chronic kidney disease (CKD) not on dialysis, visiting Nephrology OPD at Dr.RMLIMS
2. Period of OPD follow-up > 6 months in the Dept of Nephrology
3. At least one dietician visit in the last year
All three must be fulfilled for inclusion in the study
Exclusion Criteria
1. Not providing informed consent
2. Intervening hospitalization in the last 3 months (which might change dietary patterns)
3. Mental retardation and/or other alterations in behaviour/sensorium due to which the patient is caregiver dependent (such as uremic encephalopathy, cerebrovascular accidents and dementia, etc)
4. Gastrointestinal disturbances precluding usual diet intake
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method sing a validated knowledge-attitude-practice questionnaire with pre-assigned scores and responses, to assess knowledge, attitude and practices regarding renal nutrition among patients with CKDTimepoint: at the time of administering the questionnaire (baseline) (cross-sectional study- timepoint 0)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine factors affecting knowledge, attitude and practices regarding renal nutrition among patients with CKDTimepoint: at baseline (cross-sectional study)