PR - DISH
Research type
Research Study
Full title
DISH: DIetary patterns, food Security, and nutritional status of Haemodialysis patients
IRAS ID
156831
Contact name
Alice C Smith
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
SE Scotland 1, 14/SS/1016
Research summary
Kidney failure patients treated with haemodialysis often suffer from malnutrition. Those patients suffering from malnutrition tend to experience poorer outcomes and are at a greater risk of mortality. The reasons for malnutrition include increased need for both protein and energy, and reduced food consumption.
The ability of haemodialysis patients to afford nutritionally adequate food may be a factor affecting the rate of malnutrition, while the amount of foods bought and prepared away from the home may be another. These foods typically contain several nutritionally undesirable qualities including added sodium and phosphate, which are restricted in haemodialysis patients because of high dietary sodium’s association with greater fluid gains between treatments and higher serum phosphorus concentrations with renal bone disease and higher cardiovascular mortality.
In this study, the ability of haemodialysis patients to afford nutritionally adequate food, and the location of food purchase, where they buy their food, will be explored. Protein and energy intake will be established on both dialysis and non-dialysis days and the relationship between the patients’ total protein and energy intake and their nutritional status will be examined.
This study is an observational pilot/feasibility study of adult haemodialysis patients attending the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust haemodialysis units. The information gained will lead to a better understanding of how dietary habits relate to health outcomes and ultimately may help to identify modifiable factors that contribute to poorer outcomes in haemodialysis treatment.
REC name
South East Scotland REC 01
REC reference
14/SS/1016
Date of REC Opinion
15 Jul 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion