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[ill]riedrich C. Luft, MD; Rebecca S. Sloan, BSN, RN; Catherine L. Lang, RD; Stuart J. Cohen, EdD; [ill]aomi S. Fineberg, PhD; Judy Z. Miller, PhD; Myron H. Weinberger, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1984;144(10):1963-1965.

Abstract
• To test the utility of a qualitative chloride titrator strip in [ill]acilitating compliance with a reduced sodium intake diet, we [ill]nrolled 32 patients into a randomized crossover trial compris[ill]g two study periods of four weeks each. The study periods [ill]ere begun after the patients had undergone extensive in[ill]truction in the diet and the use of the strip. A high degree of [ill]orrelation between the patient's and the laboratory's in[ill]erpretation of the strip result was identified in 29 of the [ill]ubjects. Ability to use the strip was not related to level of [ill]ducation. A total of 12 patients achieved compliance with the [ill]iet when using the strips. Of these, nine were able to achieve [ill]ompliance without the strips. Ten patients (30%) had signifi[ill]antly lower sodium intake when using the strips than when [ill]ey did not use them. We conclude that the use of the chloride [ill]trator strip can be mastered by most patients and, in conjunc[ill]on with dietary counseling, can facilitate compliance with a [ill]educed sodium intake diet.

(Arch Intern Med 1984;144:1963-1965)

Author Affiliations
From the Hypertension Research Center (Drs Cohen, Fineberg, Miller, Lang, and Weinberger) and the Nephrology Section (Drs Luft, and Sloan), Department of Medicine, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 27, 1984.

Reprint requests to Nephrology Section, Department of Medicine, Indiana University Medical Center, Fesler Hall 108, 1120 South Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46223 (Dr Luft).

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