Psychological Characteristics Involved in Dietary Compliance Clinical Trial
Official title:
Psychological Aspects Related to Compliance of Patients on Restricted-protein Regimens in Chronic Kidney Disease
Dietary management of CKD patients proved important to postpone dialysis. Long-term compliance to protein-restricted diets was discussed. Psychological aspects involved in certain dietary behaviour have never been studied.
The interest in dietary management resurged, since the high prevalence of revealed a major
impact not only on morbidity, mortality, social activities and patients' quality of life, but
also on health budget.
Although protein-restricted diets are used for more than a century in patients with advanced
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), their efficacy and safety is still debatable. Enough evidence
has being accumulated on their role in postponing dialysis initiation in compliant patients.
Consequently, the long-term compliance to the diet is discussed. Psychological aspects of
compliant patients are certainly involved. Identification of certain psychological predictors
of dietary compliance could help to select the patients who are more likely to be compliant
and therefore to benefit from such an intervention. Moreover, short-term or long-term
psychological intervention addressing these factors could increase patient long-term
compliance.
Accordingly, we are aiming to evaluate psychological characteristics of Chronic Kidney
Disease patients in relation with their compliance to protein-restricted regimens.
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