Relationship between spiritual health and hope by dietary adherence in haemodialysis patients in 2018

Abstract

Aim: The present study aimed to determine the relationship between spiritual well-being and hope through adherence to diet in haemodialysis patients referred to the dialysis centre. Design: This research was a cross-sectional study of a descriptive-analytical type conducted on 120 patients undergoing haemodialysis in a haemodialysis centre of a hospital affiliated to Dezful University of Medical Sciences using the census method. Method: The data were collected using a questionnaire and through the laboratory information included in the patient's records. The data collection tools were a demographic information questionnaire, the Ellison and Paloutzian spiritual well-being scale (SWBS), the Hope-Herth questionnaire and the objective laboratory criteria (phosphorus, potassium). This included the weight difference between the two dialysis sessions from the record to examine the adherence to the diet. Results: = .001).