Assessing awareness of risk factors and preventive measures of chronic kidney disease among adults with hypertension and diabetes of Nyamirambo Sector in Rwanda

Abstract

Background: CKD has many different complications which includes kidney failure, cardiovascular diseases, and premature death. CKD has grown to be a serious public health issue which is highly increasing in the world’s population. CKD main risk factors are hypertension and diabetes, so by raising the awareness of its risk factors and preventive measures among the community will reduce CKD prevalence in the world’s population

Objectives: To determine the level of awareness among adults in Nyamirambo sector regarding chronic kidney disease risk factors and preventive measures.

Methodology: This is a quantitative study, which used a cross-sectional design, total population sampling technique was used to get adult participants with hypertension and diabetes from Nyamirambo sector. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire to investigate awareness toward: demographic information, chronic kidney disease risk factors, and preventive measures.

Data analysis: The data were displayed using frequency and percentage in tables after being descriptively analysed and numerically coded using SPSS Software Version number 23.

Results: The results showed that although 59.2% of study participants were aware of the risk factors for CKD, only 32.4% chose to avoid its risk factors. According to the results, there is no significant association between sociodemographic characteristics and awareness of CKD risk factors and preventive measures (p-value >0.05), but there is a significant association between practicing CKD preventive measures and marital status and educational level (p value<0.05).

Conclusion: The findings suggest a need for intervention aimed at improving awareness and education on CKD among people with hypertension and diabetes due to their greater risk of getting CKD