Fluid and Dietary Restriction Behavior Among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients in Bangladesh
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a global threat to health in general and for developing countries in particular, because therapy is expensive and life-long. Dietary and fluid regimen for CKD patients is complicated and identifying characteristics and reasons of those most likely to experience difficulty in adhering to dietary restrictions is important. Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the fluid and dietary restriction behavior among admitted patients with chronic kidney disease. Methods: The descriptive study design was conducted among 100 admitted patients from NIKDU, Dhaka, by using purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by self-administered questionnaires. (1) Demographic Data Assessment Questionnaire, (2) Fluid restricted and (3) Diet Restriction Related Questionnaire. Pearson’s correlation (r), T-Test (t) and ANOVA was used for data analysis. Results: The mean score of fluid restriction behavior is 2.04±0.32 and diet restriction behavior is 2.28(±0.41). A significant relationship between fluid restriction behavior with age (p = 0.018) and Nutritional education (p = 0.01). There is also another significant relationship between diet restriction behavior and nutritional education (p = 0.006). Conclusion: Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease who have behavior with age and nutritional education, showed significantly higher fluid and diet restrictions behavior. Hospital can consider those characteristics to guide Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by nurses.