Monitoring Sodium Intake With a Salt Meter in Hemodialysis Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients on hemodialysis experience a progressive inability to regulate sodium and water balance as kidney function declines. This study investigated the potential of self-monitoring of sodium intake using a salt meter and intensive dietary education in patients on hemodialysis.

Methods

This feasibility, quasi-experimental study recruited patients on hemodialysis from 2 hemodialysis units; the units as a whole were assigned to receive intensive dietary education in combination with a dietary diary and salt meter for 8 weeks (intervention group) or standard dietary education alone (control group). Blood pressure (BP) and sodium-related outcomes were measured at baseline, and at 8 and 16 weeks.

Results

We analyzed 21 patients in the intervention group and 2

SUBMITTER: Akkabut W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12446962 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature