Association of Dry Mouth and Thirst with Intradialytic Weight Gain in Hemodialysis Patients

The Thirst & Dry mouth are the two major causative agents for high IDWG in dialysis patients a high IDWG can cause complications during dialysis such as hypotension and muscle cramps leading to impaired quality of life. Thus, the aim of the study was to assess the dry mouth in dialysis patients and correlate both with IDWG.The thirst and dry mouth were assessed using DTI & XI scale respectively. The mean Intra dialytic weight gain of study population (N= 60 patients) is 3.5kgs. According to the results of the study the IDWG was highly significant with Xerostomia Inventory and certain other parameters such as frequency of dialysis & blood pressure was also significant with Xerostomia Inventory & dialysis Thirst inventory (DTI) scale. Thereby, the study concludes the IDWG is associated with Xerostomia and Dialysis Thirst Inventory (DTI)