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标题：Knowledge towards Chronic Kidney Disease Manifestations in Saudi Arabia
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作者：Fahad A. Alateeq ; Abdulmalik M. Aloriney ; Saleh Hadi Alharbi 等
期刊名称：Open Journal of Preventive Medicine
印刷版ISSN：2162-2477
电子版ISSN：2162-2485
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：11
页码：315-323
DOI：10.4236/ojpm.2018.811027
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：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.
关键词：CKD;Saudi Arabia;Awareness;Manifestations