Abstract
Background Chronic kidney disease is a global health problem with serious adverse effects, including kidney failure, cardiovascular disease, and premature death. Improving awareness and practice on the impact, prevention, and early detection of chronic kidney disease will reduce the significant economic and public health burden. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine knowledge and practice towards prevention and early detection of chronic kidney disease and its associated factors among hypertensive patients in Gondar town in 2019. The study included hypertensive patients visiting health institutions from February to March 2019. Data was collected using a semistructured questionnaire and individuals who fulfilled our inclusion criteria were selected using a systemic random sampling technique. Epi Info software version 7 was used for data entry, and SPSS version 20 was used for descriptive and logistic regression analysis. Result Out of a total of 442 participants, 434 completed the questionnaire, with a response rate of 98.1%. Of the total, 298 (68.7%) had good knowledge of chronic kidney disease with a mean knowledge score of 8.78 ± 2.80 and 210 (48.4%) had good practice with mean practice score of 6.58 ± 1.61. Educational status, residence, and duration of hypertension were significantly associated with the knowledge and practice scores of the participants in the multivariate logistic regression analysis. Conclusion More than half of the participants had good knowledge about chronic kidney disease and its risk factors. However, the level of preventive practice among participants was low. The educational status, residence, and duration of hypertension were significantly associated variables with knowledge and practice scores in multivariate logistic regression.
Highlights
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health problem with an increasing incidence rate, poor outcomes, and high treatment and management cost [1]
A total of 442 hypertensive patients were asked to participate in the study and 434 completed the questionnaire and included in the study with a response rate of 98.1%
267 (61.5%), responded that they heard of CKD at least once before, 279 (64.3%) identified the risk factor of CKD, and 415 (95.6%) knew CKD can be diagnosed and treated
Summary
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health problem with an increasing incidence rate, poor outcomes, and high treatment and management cost [1]. Ere are regional differences in the disease epidemiology; the prevalence of CKD in developing countries is higher than in the developed world [2]. Recent data showed that hypertension and DM are the two major causes of kidney disease worldwide, including both developing and developed countries [7]. Improving awareness and practice on the impact, prevention, and early detection of chronic kidney disease will reduce the significant economic and public health burden. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine knowledge and practice towards prevention and early detection of chronic kidney disease and its associated factors among hypertensive patients in Gondar town in 2019. The level of preventive practice among participants was low
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