Affiliation:
1. Tutor, College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
2. Professor Cum Principal, Chitkara School of Health Sciences, Chitkara University, India
Abstract
This study aimed to examine the effect of nurse-led interventions on non-adherence to dietary and fluid restrictions among adults receiving haemodialysis. A randomised, controlled trial design was used for this study. While the interventional group received nurse-led interventions in addition to routine care, the control group received only standard care. The current study found that, in the intervention group, the number of non-adherence days to diet (p=0.001) and fluid (p=0.001) restrictions have significantly decreased after the interventions. Furthermore, the between-group analysis depicted a statistically significant reduction of non-adherence days in the intervention group compared to the control group at week 10 for both diet (p=0.018) and fluid (p=0.003). However, the objective adherence to diet and fluid restrictions, based on the composite scale, showed no statistically significant improvement in the proportion of adherence in the intervention group after the interventions.