The Effect of Nutrition-Based Education Program on Fatigue in Patients on Hemodialysis

The most common complaint in patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is fatigue. Fatigue has devastating effects on the quality of life of patients undergoing hemodialysis.
This study aimed to investigate the effect of nutrition-based education on fatigue of patients on hemodialysis.
This case-control study was conducted on 44 patients at selected AJA hospitals. The experimental group received based nutrition program and the control group did not receive care. Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) and a demographic collection tool were used and the obtained data were analyzed with the SPSS 21 software.
The samples were 3.52% males and 4.86% were married, and the highest percentage of people was in the age range of 71 to 80 years (8.31%). In terms of total fatigue, general fatigue, mental fatigue and reduced motivation fatigue, values were significantly different in the intervention group compared to the control group (P value Discussion and The results suggested that nutrition-based programs could be useful as simple, inexpensive and non-invasive therapy modalities for the treatment of fatigue in patients undergoing hemodialysis.