Assessing the Effect of Dietary Nursing Intervention on Nutritional Status of Diabetes and Kidney Disease Patients Who Are Treated by Hemodialysis

Objective: To assess the Effect of dietary nursing intervention on nutritional status of diabetes and kidney disease patients who are treated by hemodialysis. Methods: 80 patients who are diagnosed as diabetes or kidney disease and are treated by hemodialysis are invited to join our study. all participants were randomly assigned to two groups. In control group, the participants receive the common nursing intervention service. In intervention group, expect of common nursing intervention service, we provide additional dietary nursing intervention service. We record some index of participants that include water electrolyte index, nutritional status indicator, blood glucose levels and renal function index. Additionally, we use World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) to collect quality of life assessment. Result: In water electrolyte index research, the intervention group has lower index that that of control group in blood calcium, blood phosphorus and blood potassium. In assessment of nutritional status, intervention group participants have better performance than that of control group. In the assessment of blood glucose levels and renal function, intervention group participants have better blood glucose levels and renal function than that of control group. In quality of life assessment, the quality of life of the intervention group was significantly higher than that of the control group (p ≤ 0.05). Conclusion: the dietary nursing intervention can effectively improve some physiological aspects during the maintenance hemodialysis treatment of patients with diabetic nephropathy, that include: correct the disorder of water and electrolyte, reduce the risk of malnutrition, control blood sugar, improve renal function and improve the quality of life.