TITLE:
Knowledge towards Chronic Kidney Disease Manifestations in Saudi Arabia
AUTHORS:
Fahad A. Alateeq, Abdulmalik M. Aloriney, Saleh Hadi Alharbi, Ibrahim A. Bin Ahmed, Abdullah Abdulhadi Hammad Alharbi, Abdul Rahman Ali AlSogair, Ali Dawood Mohmmed Almansour, Alanoud Mansour Ayed Albalawi, Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed
KEYWORDS:
CKD, Saudi Arabia, Awareness, Manifestations
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Preventive Medicine,
Vol.8 No.11,
November
13,
2018
ABSTRACT: Background: Increasing awareness level and health education can reduce the
burden of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) at community base. Therefore, the
aim of the present study was to assess the level of knowledge towards CKD
manifestations in Saudi Arabia. Methodology: This is a descriptive prospective
study including 900 apparently health Saudi volunteers, their ages ranging
from 18 to 65 years old with a mean age of 34 years. A purposeful questionnaire
was deliberated and used for obtaining data about the CKD. Results:
Out of 900 contributors, 268 (29.8%) were males and 632 (70.2%) were
females, giving males:females ratio of 1.00:2.36. About 102/900 (11.3%) of the
participants (all of them were females) were found to believe that CKD has no
specific symptoms. Conclusion: The awareness towards CKD manifestation
is relatively low, which necessitates the important of community based intervention
including health educational programs.