ABSTRACT
Objective@#To explore the management effects of health knowledge-attitude-practice education on phosphorous control in peritoneal dialysis patients with hyperphosphatemia.@*Methods@#A total of 64 peritoneal dialysis patients with hyperphosphatemia with long-term stable follow-up in the People’s Hospital of Quzhou from 2016 to 2018 were selected, and randomly divided into control and intervention groups. The groups received regular health education and health knowledge-attitude-practice education for 3 months, respectively. T-test and paired t-test were used to analyze the difference in the two groups, before and after intervention, in the score of knowledge-attitude-practice, serum phosphorus level, daily dietary phosphorous, and dosage of phosphate binder.@*Results@#Before the health education intervention,there was no significant difference between the two groups’ questionnaire score of knowledge-attitude-practice of hyperphosphatemia, serum phosphorus, intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), daily dietary phosphorous, dosage of phosphorus binder, and weekly urea clearance index in gender, age, and other general information. After 3 months of health education, the total score, knowledge, and behavior scores were higher in both groups than before intervention, and the scores of the intervention group were significantly higher than the control group. The scores increased by 16.64, 6.15, and 9.52 points respectively in the control group, and by 26.26, 11.67, and 13.56 points respectively in the intervention group. There was no significant difference in attitudes and beliefs between the groups before and after the intervention. After the intervention, the serum phosphorus level decreased, dosage of phosphate binder increased in both groups, the daily dietary phosphorous and iPTH decreased in the intervention group. These differences were statistically significant. The serum phosphorus level of the intervention group (1.86±0.42) mmol/L was lower than the control group (1.97±0.33) mmol/L, and the daily dietary phosphorous of the intervention group (831.22±187.85) mg/d was lower than the control group (928.23±192.81) mg/d. The difference in dosage of phosphate binder and iPTH of the groups was not statistically significant.@*Conclusions@#Health knowledge-attitude-practice education in peritoneal dialysis patients with hyperphosphatemia can improve their level of knowledge-attitude-practice, and promote the reduction of serum phosphorus.