The purpose of this retrospective study was to determine the effectiveness of an innovative unit-wide phosphorus football contest and nutrition education intervention directed at improving the serum phosphorus levels and calcium-phosphorus products of patients undergoing routine hemodialysis. Patients at the Clarian Health Partners dialysis center located at 2140 North Capitol Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana participated in the "National Fosphorus League Phootball" contest, a theme game that allowed patients to join a team and compete against other teams in the dialysis center over a four month time period from September 2005 to December 2005. Additional nutrition education was also provided to all the hemodialysis patients during the months of the phosphorus football contest. Identical patient information from September 2004 to December 2004 was also collected for baseline comparison of serum phosphorus levels and calcium-phosphorus products when only routine education and instruction was provided.Pearson Chi-Square analyses and a series of three-way ANOVAs were performed on the data collected. Overall, it was determined that patients who participated in the phosphorus football contest and received Vitamin D therapy were potentially two times likely to have serum phosphorus levels and calcium-phosphorus products in the goal ranges. / Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/188396 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Resler, Judith M. |
| Contributors | Kandiah, Jayanthi |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | 85 leaves : col. ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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