Food intake and Physical activity of Hemodialysis Patient Undergoing Treatment at National Kidney Center, Kathmandu, Nepal

Authors

  • Bhupal Baniya Nepal Police Hospital Maharajgunj
  • Hari Shankar Joshi Department of Food chemistry and Engineering, CAFODAT
  • Sanjeev Regmi Department of Microbiology, CAFODAT
  • Kshitiz Upadhyay Dhungel Department of Research and Planning, CAFODAT

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jmcjms.v4i2.17074

Keywords:

Patient, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Hemodialysis, Nutritional status, Food intake, Physical activity

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Nutrition has been an integral part of medical management in CKD patient in which total food and protein intake plays vital role in survival rate of patient. This study was done to investigate the nutritional status, food intake and physical activity level of hemodialysis patient for the period of three month in National Kidney center in Kathmandu. 

Materials and Methods: Quantitative descriptive method was applied for the collection of data from 80 patients undergoing hemodialysis in National kidney center, Kathmandu. The data so obtained was further analyzed by using SPSS 16 version software and Microsoft excel sheet.

Discussion: The BMI result of sample population underdoing hemodialysis showed that 12% of them were underweight, 9% were overweight, 57% were in normal range and 1% were obese. Similarly 42.5% of sample population were involved in some kind of physical activity where as 57.5% of the patient were not involved in any sort of physical activity. On the other hand, 52.5% of MHD patient did not follow the instruction provided in food chart and only 47.5% patient consume food according to diet chart. 

Conclusion: The patient should be provided nutritional counseling before starting dialysis so that nutritional challenges could be reduced. As poor nutritional intake, Socio economic barrier, low physical activity level etc. are major problem of dialysis patient.

Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Sciences (2016) Vol. 4 (1): 33-40

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Author Biographies

Bhupal Baniya, Nepal Police Hospital Maharajgunj

Dietetian

Hari Shankar Joshi, Department of Food chemistry and Engineering, CAFODAT

Lecturer

Sanjeev Regmi, Department of Microbiology, CAFODAT

Adjunctnt lecturer

Kshitiz Upadhyay Dhungel, Department of Research and Planning, CAFODAT

Professor

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Published

2017-03-29

How to Cite

Baniya, B., Joshi, H. S., Regmi, S., & Dhungel, K. U. (2017). Food intake and Physical activity of Hemodialysis Patient Undergoing Treatment at National Kidney Center, Kathmandu, Nepal. Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Science, 4(2), 33–40. https://doi.org/10.3126/jmcjms.v4i2.17074

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