A Survey Report on Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Diseases and Their Treatment Pattern in Dhaka City

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease is rapidly growing disease in Bangladesh. It is recognized as a major public health problem in Bangladesh. There are various types of kidney diseases occurring in the world. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of chronic kidney diseases; different types of medicines used in these diseases and level of self care practices among the kidney patients. This study was conducted in Dhaka medical college and Sir Salimullah Medical College and Hospital- outdoor and indoor patients were included in the study. A self designed standard questionnaire was developed and was used to directly interview 100 qualified doctors from different hospitals and clinics. A total of 100 eligible cases of kidney patients were considered for this study and a structured questionnaire were used to collect the data. From this study we observed that male populations were affected more (51.21%) than the female population (48.75) by chronic kidney disease. The study also showed the age distribution among the patients where majority was in between 46 years to 55 years old. Results of this study also demonstrated that most of the CKD patients had type 1 diabetes (39.02%) and type 2 diabetes (41.46%) mellitus . Only 5% of the CKD patients had undergone nephro -surgery. Around 24.30% of the CKD patients had hypertension. Glomerular Filtration Rate of maximum patients was 60ml/min/1.73m2-89ml/min/1.73m2. The result of this study is expected to improve the awareness and consciousness to the people regarding the causes and consequences of CKD, which ultimately will help to progress the consciousness and awareness among the mass people Bangladesh.