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In Malaysia, CKD patients have limited access to dietitian which is meant doctors and nurses became providers of some nutrition education. Lack of dietary assessment hinders the identification and stratification of patients at risk and those requiring dietary intervention. Advance CKD patients especially those on regular dialysis may be vulnerable to overhydration, hyperphosphatemia, and hyperkalemia as well as muscle wasting resultant of protein energy wasting whenever dietary energy intakes (DEI) and dietary protein intakes (DPI) are inadequate. The purpose of dietary assessment for the dialysis patient, therefore, is to detect malnutrition, nutrient deficiencies (i.e., energy, protein, water soluble vitamins) and toxicities (i.e., potassium and phosphate), and fluid excesses. Adequacy and compliance to nutrient goals are, therefore, critical outcomes that can be measured by performing regular dietary assessment.

The food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) is an alternative option for the clinical setting as the patient and caregiver burdens are lower, with advantages from its characteristics such as its non-invasive nature, that it is time-saving, inexpensive, and potentially self-administered, and has the ability to capture typical dietary intake as shown in large-scale epidemiological studies.

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Similarly in Bangladesh, there is no published FFQ specifically designed for advanced CKD patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) treatment i (to the best of our knowledge). Therefore, the current study’s goal is to (a) develop a dialysis-specific FFQ for HD patients in Bangladesh (abbreviated as BDHD-FFQ) based on dietary data collated over a one-year period and (b) determine its relative validity with 3-day 24-h recalls and corresponding nutritional biomarkers.

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