Lengani Toyadala Hortense¹, Sanou Gaoussou², Ba-Fatoumata Hama³, Bougma Sibiri¹, Sawadogo Yamkaye Aicha¹, Coulibaly Gérard², Savadogo Aly^1,

In Burkina Faso, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health problem due to its increasing prevalence and the high cost of its treatment. The objective of the present study was to describe the dietary habits (DA) and lifestyle of patients with severe and moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the nephrology and hemodialysis department of the Yalgado OUEDRAOGO University Hospital (CHU-YO). This was a prospective study conducted for six months. Data were collected on a collection form using a semi-structured questionnaire. A total of 75 patients with stage 3 and 4 chronic kidney diseases participated in the study. The patients were asked about their lifestyle such as tobacco and alcohol consumption, level of physical activity and self-medication also their dietary habits using the 24-hour recall method. The nutritional status of the patients was assessed by the anthropometric method. The data were entered into Sphinx version 4.5 software. They were exported to IBM SPSS version 21 for statistical testing. Student's t test and 1-factor ANOVA were used to calculate and compare the means between the different variables. The Chi2 test was considered significant at the 5% level. Results showed a predominance of males (54.70%) over females (45.30%), giving a sex ratio (M/F) of 1.20. Patients' dietary habits were largely based on whole grains or pasta (100%), followed by vegetables (97.15%), condiments (85.75%), spices (61.65%), fats (51.65%), sugars and beverages (51.65%). According to the stage of CKD, 77.10% (3/4) of the patients had abandoned the consumption of fruit in their weekly diet. Nearly 25.58% and 21.88% of the patients in stages 3 and 4, respectively, had not consumed meat since the change to diagnosis of their disease. Alcohol consumption and smoking of patients before the onset of their CKD were significantly associated with 14.67% and 41% of patients respectively (p < 0.05). Low level of sporting activity (61.31%) and self-medication (37.77%) were significantly associated with patients' lifestyle (p < 0.05). Nutritional counseling should be an integral part of the management of patients with CKD in order to effectively evaluate the implementation of dietary management measures.

dietary habits, lifestyle, chronic kidney disease patients, Burkina Faso