Janice Campbell|Judi Porter
Dietary mobile apps and their effect on nutritional indicators in chronic renal disease: A systematic review
Eastern Health|Eastern Health|Monash University
dietary apps mobile technology becoming increasingly available assist recording food fluid intake nutrition assessment monitoring patients chronic renal disease particularly dialysis required make significant dietary changes study systematically reviews current literature assess whether dietary mobile apps improve dietary intake clinical outcomes renal population specifically chronic kidney disease levels 35 including dialysis systematic search medline complete cinahl embase psycinfo cochrane library performed supplemented manual searches citation reference lists 712 studies considered five eligible inclusion review quality included study assessed using quality criteria checklist primary research among five studies two randomised controlled trials rcts three case studiesreports none found significant changes nutrient intake biochemical markers intradialytic weight gain use dietary mobile apps included studies show potential clinical benefits mobile app interventions renal population however need additional rigorous trials demonstrate clinical benefit mobile app interventions population