Department of Dietetics & Nutrition, AL- Khor Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar.
Research Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022, 21(03), 031–038.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2022.21.3.0396
Received on 09 September 2022, revised on 10 October 2022, accepted on 13 October 2022
Objectives: To assess the dietary phosphate intake of hemodialysis patients with hyperphosphatemia and the effects of a dietetic intervention focused on limiting dietary phosphate load.
Design: Cross-sectional dietary phosphate intake assessment and prospective intervention study.
Setting: Hospital hemodialysis units of AL-Khor hospital – Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar. Subjects: sixteen stable adult hemodialysis patients, who had phosphorus serum levels ≥1.6 mmol/L. Intervention: Analysis of dietary composition and of the effects of individual dietetic counseling to reduce phosphorus intake while preserving the same or improving protein intake.
Main outcome measures: Differences in nutrient intake between pre and post-dietary intervention among hyperphosphatemia patients, and changes in phosphorus–protein ratio, and serum phosphate, after the dietetic intervention.
Results: Significant differences in nutrient intake including energy, protein, and phosphorus were detected after the intervention. After dietetic intervention in the hyperphosphatemia patients, a decrease in the dietary phosphate–protein ratio (28.9 -13.4 mg/g, P <0.05) also occurred. Serum phosphate showed a trend of a significant decrease after the dietary intervention (2.2mmol/L-1.68mmol/L), P < 0.05).
Conclusion: Individual intensive nutritional education and counseling may be useful in reducing phosphate load and improving serum phosphorus with a positive effect on nutrient intake. A phosphate-controlled diet has a role in an integrated therapeutic approach to hyperphosphatemia and positive calcium-phosphorus balance in hemodialysis patients.
Dietary phosphorus; Education; Hemodialysis; Counseling
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Ghazi Daradkeh, Cheryl Cajayon and Asmaa AL- Muhannadi. Intensive Nutritional Counseling and Education for Management of Hyperphosphatemia in Hemodialysis Patients at Al-Khor Hospital- Hamad Medical Corporation - State of Qatar. GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022, 21(3), 031-038. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/gscbps.2022.21.3.0396