Understanding the Associations Between Modifying Factors, Individual Health Beliefs, and Hemodialysis Patients' Adherence to a Low-Phosphorus Diet

HD clinicians and educators may obtain better results with dietary adherence and phosphorus control if they focus not only toward disease and dietary education but also on understanding modifying factors and individual health beliefs. Assessing where the patient is with regard to stages of change may assist health care providers in better matching interventions that build patients' self-efficacy.