Desenvolvimento de tecnologia educativa para pessoas com doença renal crônica em hemodiálise

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the permanent loss of kidney function, recognized as a global public health problem. Hemodialysis, in turn, is a type of dialysis treatment that adopts renal replacement therapy (RRT), which uses a artificial membrane as a filter. To develop an educational technology for support the nutritional care of people with Chronic Kidney Disease, who are in hemodialysis treatment. A qualitative survey of the descriptive-exploratory was carried out. The survey was conducted in February 2021 at the Clinic Uronefro, after approval by the Ethics and Research Committee (ERC) of the University Center of the State of Pará (CESUPA). Twenty patients from the clinic, adults, who had been undergoing hemodialysis for at least 6 months. It was possible to notice that most participants were male in the age range of 41 to 50, 60% were unemployed, 35% presented family income higher than 5,000 and high school of complete education. Regarding nutritional guidance, it was possible to reveal that 100% of patients received guidance by a professional Nutritionist, and guidance given was the reduction in the intake of foods rich in potassium, phosphorus, sodium and liquids, but they still had doubts about some nutrients, preparations and foods. Later, they were asked if they were afraid of consuming any food and 65% answered yes and the most cited foods were shrimp and crab, starfruit and red meat. The present study has assessed the knowledge of the patient's experimented with feeding on dialysis, so the data has served as a subsidy for the digital-shared scale, material was designed in a didactic form, facilitating understanding, aiding to bring knowledge and more options for the proper feed.