The effect of nutrition education on malnutrition and quality of life in chronic kidney disease patients being treated in hemodialysis units in Tekirdağ

. In this study, it was aimed to learn the effects of the nutrition education given to chronic kidney patients treated in hemodialysis units in Tekirdağ on the patients' knowledge level, malnutrition score and quality of life. A total of 32 patients with CKD who were treated at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Research Hospital and Tekirdağ Private Aegean Dialysis Center participated in this cross-sectional study. Three data collection forms were used during the data collection phase. In data collection, the "Survey Form" consisting of 12 questions, including demographic characteristics and disease-related information, for which a survey form was created by the researcher from volunteer patients who agreed to participate in the study before nutrition education, in line with the literature on the subject, and the "Nutritional Risk Index Form" consisting of 13 questions to evaluate their nutritional status. Data were collected using "NRI" and "SF-36 Quality of Life Scale" consisting of 36 questions. Three months after the nutrition education provided, direct interviews were conducted during the dialysis session and disease-specific nutrition knowledge levels, NRI scores and SF-36 quality of life scale answers were recorded. Malnutrition scores of chronic kidney patients treated in hemodialysis units were evaluated, their nutritional knowledge, attitudes and behaviors were determined, and evaluations were made on the effects of nutrition education on these patients' nutritional knowledge status, some blood parameters, malnutrition risk, and the effects of nutrition education on the patients' quality of life. While the nutrition knowledge level score of the patients participating in the study before the nutrition education was 15.9 out of 20 points, it was calculated as 18.4 immediately after the nutrition education and 17.6 three months later. While the initial nutritional risk index average score of the patients was 101.3, it was calculated as 104.1 three months after the nutritional information specific to their disease was provided. While physical role difficulty, emotional role difficulty, vitality/energy and general health perception scores on the SF-36 quality of life scale increased after nutrition education, scores for other factors decreased.