Honours Project

Implementation of evidence based practice to improve nutrition outcomes in people receiving haemodialysis in one of Southern Health’s satellite centres

Supervisor: Janine Engstrom and Mary Anne Silvers
Site: One of Southern Health’s satellite centres

Outline

Malnutrition is a problem of some magnitude in haemodialysis patients and it has been shown to be associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. This study aims to examine whether the implementation of evidence based guidelines improves nutritional status (weight, SGA etc ) in people receiving haemodialysis over a 6 month period.