Abstract
Kidney disease (KD) is increasingly recognized as a major public health problem worldwide with rising incidence and prevalence. Early identification of KD risk factors will slow down progression to kidney failure and death. To determine the prevalence, risk-inducing lifestyle and perceived susceptibility among Nigerians in South-western Nigeria. A pretested structured questionnaire was employed to draw information on socio-demographic, knowledge, risk-inducing lifestyle and perceived susceptibility to conventional risk factors of KD from 1757 residents aged ≥15 years. The mean age of the respondents was 47.61±13.0 years with a male-female ratio of 1.13:1. Knowledge of KD was low (mean score 2.29; 95% CI: 2.18, 2.32). The prevalence of some established KD risk factors was regular use of herbal medications, 26.8% and physical inactivity, 70.0%. Females with factors such as use of herbal drink [RRR: 1.56; CI=1.06-2.30; p=0.02] and smoking [RRR: 2.72; CI=1.37-5.37; p=0.00] predicted increased odds of perceived susceptibility to KD than their male counterparts. The prevalence of KD risk-inducing lifestyles was high. More emphasis should be placed on effective public health programmes towards behavioural change in order to adopt lifestyle modification as well as to reduce the tendency to develop KD.
Highlights
The rising incidence and prevalence of kidney disease (KD) is worldwide and contributes significantly to morbidity, mortality and decreased life expectancy of affected individuals, with the poorest populations at the highest risk[1,2,3], posing great challenges for the affected persons, their families and the nation as a whole
The overall weighted mean knowledge score was 3.33 out of twenty-eight possible points and males had a higher mean knowledge score compared to females (Table 1)
Knowledge of kidney diseases (KD) and prevalence of risk-inducing lifestyles was high among the male folks in the community, while perceived susceptibility by gender distribution was low
Summary
The rising incidence and prevalence of kidney disease (KD) is worldwide and contributes significantly to morbidity, mortality and decreased life expectancy of affected individuals, with the poorest populations at the highest risk[1,2,3], posing great challenges for the affected persons, their families and the nation as a whole. Studies[9,10,11] have been conducted in different regions of Nigeria, with unpredictable outcomes to enumerate the magnitude of KD burden and its primary risk factors. Objective: To determine the prevalence, risk-inducing lifestyle and perceived susceptibility among Nigerians in South-western Nigeria. The prevalence of some established KD risk factors was regular use of herbal medications, 26.8% and physical inactivity, 70.0% Females with factors such as use of herbal drink [RRR: 1.56; CI=1.062.30; p=0.02] and smoking [RRR: 2.72; CI=1.37-5.37; p=0.00] predicted increased odds of perceived susceptibility to KD than their male counterparts. Prevalence, risk-inducing lifestyle, and perceived susceptibility to kidney diseases by gender among Nigerians residents in South Western Nigeria.
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