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. 2020 Jul 9;20(1):1079.
doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09192-5.

Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward chronic kidney disease among care providers in Jimma town:cross-sectional study

Amare Desalegn Wolide  1 , Kabaye Kumela  2 , Fantu Kerga  2 , Serkadis Debalke  3 , Meskerem Seboka  4 , Birtukan Edilu  5 , Fanta Gashe  2 , Eshetu Mulisa Bobassa  2
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Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward chronic kidney disease among care providers in Jimma town:cross-sectional study

Amare Desalegn Wolide et al. BMC Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common and growing health problem that requires adequate Knowledge by health care providers to reduce the progress of the disease. Thus, this study aimed to assess the care provider's Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward CKD.

Method: A cross-sectional study conducted among 326 care providers at Jimma University Specialized hospital and three medium to higher clinics found in Jimma Town. Collected data entered into Epi-Data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 21 for windows for data analysis. Descriptive statistics and generalized linear modal used to analyze the data.

Result: The mean age and service year of the participants were 29.68(±4.877) and 4.28(±4.561), respectively. The overall weighted Knowledge, attitude, and practice score of the study participant were 9.0971(8.77, 9.42), 2.53(2.4, 2.65), 10.14(9.94, 10.33) respectively. Over half of the care providers had the awareness to use eGFR to assess kidney function and patient referral to Nephrologists. Also, many care providers knew the five-stage of CKD and the risk factors of CKD, such as diabetes, long-term alcohol consumption, anemia, and cardiovascular disorders, respectively. Care providers had an understanding of late detection, and referral of CKD would increase kidney disease complications. Besides, 275(84.4%) of them are worried about treatment costs related to CKD. Over half of the care providers, 238(73.0%), believed that the Ethiopian ministry of health gave less attention to the problem. Furthermore, 234(71.8%) are interested in studying more on CKD management. Majority 256(78.5%), very likely or likely refer the patient to senior physician and Nephrologist.

Conclusion: Care providers showed enough Knowledge, a favorable attitude, and practice toward CKD.

Keywords: Care providers; Chronic kidney disease; Kidney disease.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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