Effect of Nutritional Nursing on the Quality of Life, Nutritional Status, and Complications in Elderly Uremic Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis

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Heng Yin, Cui Xia, Pengfei Xiao, Huili Ni

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The aim of this study is to explore the role of nutritional nursing in the quality of life, nutritional status, and complications in elderly uremic patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD).Methods: We enrolled 205 uremic patients who were treated with PD in our hospital from March 2018 to April 2019 as the research subjects. Then we grouped them according to different nursing methods: 116 cases receiving nutritional nursing were assigned to the research group (RG) while the other 89 cases receiving routine nursing to the control group (CG). Clinical biochemical markers were detected by the biochemistry analyzer, the nutritional status determined by the Modified Quantitative Subjective Global Assessment (MQSGA), the anxiety and depression intensity assessed by Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), the sleep quality assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI), the nursing satisfaction level assessed by the hospital's self-made nursing satisfaction questionnaire, and the quality of life evaluated by the Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30 ). The complication rate in patients was monitored.Results: The improvement of clinical biochemical markers after nursing was better in RG than in CG. The decrease in the MQSGA score, SAS score, SDS score, and PSQI score after nursing was sharper in RG than in CG. Compared with CG, RG had a remarkably lower complication rate, a notably higher nursing satisfaction level, and a remarkably better quality of life.Conclusion: Nursing intervention for elderly uremic patients receiving PD can enhance the quality of life of patients, improve the nutritional status, promote the recovery from the disease, and reduce the complication rate.

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