Patient self-assessment of urine dipsticks to estimate sodium intake in patients with hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Dietary sodium restriction is recommended by current guidelines to reduce blood pressure and decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease. Current methods to assess sodium intake such as dietary questionnaires and 24-h urine collection are cumbersome, and the results are not readily available to patients. In this analysis, we evaluated using chloride and creatinine dipsticks as a convenient method to monitor sodium intake, in addition to patients' ability to practice this method independently.

Methods

This is a post-hoc analysis of a previously published trial, LowSalt4Life, that measured change in sodium consumption over 8 weeks to evaluate the effect of a just-in-time adaptive mobile application intervention. Participants were instructed on how to complete

SUBMITTER: Alhashimi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10315000 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature