Background: High serum phosphorus (hPhos) is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and increases the risk of metastatic calcification. Guidelines advise patients with hPhos to restrict dietary phoshorus intake to 800-1000mg/day, and compliance with this diet can be challenging. Innovative education may improve compliance. Hypothesis: Intensive dietary education using the Phosphorus Point System Tool© (PPS) will result in lower serum phosphorus levels compared to standard education (SE). Methods: This study compared the effectiveness of the PPS to SE on 1) serum phosphorus, 2) dietary phosphate intake, knowledge and satisfaction in pre-dialysis CKD. Results: The PPS reduced 12 week serum phosphorus by 0.16 mmol/L (95% CI 0.37 to -0.05, p=0.130) when controlling for baseline. Dietary phosphorus and protein intake decreased significantly at week 6 on PPS compared to SE (p= 0.026, p=0.050; respectively). Summary: Although there was a trend indicating the tool may reduce serum phosphorus levels, further research is needed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/18272 |
| Date | 13 January 2010 |
| Creators | Degen, Amanda |
| Contributors | Darling, Pauline Beatrice |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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