Fenton, TanisHolmes, Rebecca2017-09-052017-09-0520172017Holmes, R. (2017). Comparing Nutrition Status of In-Centre Nocturnal Hemodialysis Patients to Conventional Hemodialysis Patients: a Prospective Cohort Study (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25370http://hdl.handle.net/11023/4068Background: Malnutrition is prevalent in patients receiving hemodialysis (HD). Compared to conventional HD (CHD), in-centre nocturnal hemodialysis (ICND) has shown improvements in patients’ dietary intake, body composition and mortality risk. Methods: We assessed the feasibility of some nutrition assessment tools (MIS, dietary intake, and anthropometric, functional and biochemical measurements) among 10 CHD and 9 ICND patients for a future study to investigate whether ICND is associated with an improvement in nutrition status compared to CHD. Results: Lean tissue mass was higher at baseline (p=0.007), handgrip strength was higher at 6 months (p=0.04) among ICND patients. Dietary intakes were non-significantly higher at both time points and phosphate binder dosage non-significantly declined in the ICND group. The ICND group had a high attrition rate (44%) over 6 months. Conclusion: These potentially clinically important findings merit further investigation with a more comprehensive study to determine whether ICND offers a nutritional advantage over CHD.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.EpidemiologyNutritionin-centre nocturnal hemodialysisdialysishemodialysisnutrition assessmentnutrition statusNutritionmalnutrition inflammation score (MIS)master thesis10.11575/PRISM/25370