Effect of Educational Intervention on Knowledge and Level of Adherence among Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Brayal D'SouzaRavindra Attur PrabhuBhaskaran UnnikrishnanSudarshan BallalSuneel C MundkurVaralakshmi Chandra SekaranAvinash ShettyJoaquim Paulo MoreiraPublished in: Global health, epidemiology and genomics (2023)
The increase in knowledge on disease management, fluid adherence, and dietary adherence in the intervention group was significantly higher compared to the control group. There was no significant correlation between knowledge and adherence. Adherence improved for all the domains, i.e., dialysis attendance, episodes of shortening, adherence to medication, fluid restriction, and dietary restriction. Adherence to fluid and dietary restriction was statistically significant. This trail is registered with https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/CTRI/2018/05/014166.