A Development of Therapeutic Nutrition Programs for Slowing the Progress of Patients with Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease at Pungkon Hospital.

Abstract

      This study is an action research aimed at the developing of therapeutic nutrition programs for slowing the progress of patients with stage 3 chronic kidney disease at Pungkon Hospital. The research process was conducted in three phases: 1) the preparatory phase, 2) the implementation phase, and 3) the evaluation phase. The study included 21 patients with stage 3 chronic kidney and blood albumin levels less than 3.5 grams per deciliter, utilizing a developed therapeutic nutrition programs, a knowledge questionnaire, a perceived severity of complications questionnaire, and clinical outcome measures as research instruments. This study took 15 months. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.

      The results showed that the developed therapeutic nutrition programs for slowed the progress of patients with stage 3 chronic kidney disease at Pungkon Hospital.comprised two key components: 1) therapeutic nutrition conducted by a nutritionist and 2) therapeutic nutrition conducted by a sample groups. Following the implementation of the program, after receiving the program, 1) the sample group had knowledge and a perceived severity was significantly higher than before using the program (p<.001) overall, 2) clinical outcomes that overall GFR and blood albumin levels increased were significantly higher than before using the program (p<.001).