Assessment of the Prevalence and Associated Factors of Chronic Kidney Disease at WURH, West Ethiopia, 2022 G C

Abstract

for at least three months and are manifested by either kidney damage (most frequently detected as persistent albuminuria or proteinuria) or a decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR), which is < 60 ml/min per 1.73 m2. (1) . Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem. Objective: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of CKD Patients at WURH from November 14-28, 2022. Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study of 208 chronic patients was conducted at WURH, which were found in the East Wollega zone, Nekemte town, Ethiopia between December 2021 to November 2022. All analyses and calculations Were performed using SPSS software (SPSS version 20). Data was presented as the means ±SDs for continuous variables and proportions for categorical variables. Demographic and clinical data were described. P values less than 0.05 at a 95% confidence interval were considered statistically significant. Result: The magnitude of chronic kidney disease among the study participants was found that 53 (25.5%) of the participants had hypertension, of whom 60.2 had a follow-up, 22 (10.6%) had diabetes, all of whom were on follow-up, and 46 (22.1%) had cardiac problems. Serum creatinine level was determined for 193(92%) participants and 151(72.6%) had normal level while it was raised (>1.2mg/dl) in 42(20.2%). urine dipstick test for proteinuria was done for 109(52.4%) of the participants and the result showed that 40(36.7%) had +1 proteinuria,32(29.4%) had +2 and 21(19.3%) had +3 and above. Conclusion: The prevalence of CKD in this study concludes that the disease become abundant and needs attention. The magnitude of the disease involves all age categories and is similarly common among males and females. Besides, CKD without any underlying associated factors appears abundant. CKD magnitude among patients with hypertension had statistical significance. Chronic kidney disease is rising at an alarming rate. Therefore, we recommend that relevant prevention, diagnostics, and therapeutic measures must be undertaken in all health facilities.