Julie Wright|Kenneth A. Wallston|Tom A. Elasy|T. Alp ?kizler|Kerri L. Cavanaugh
Development and Results of a Kidney Disease Knowledge Survey Given to Patients With CKD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center
little known diseasespecific knowledge patients chronic kidney disease ckd developed examined results survey characterize kidney disease knowledgesurvey kidney disease knowledge questions developed experts401 adult patients ckd stages 15 attending nephrology clinic apriloctober 2009we calculated survey reliability using kuderrichardson20 coefficient established construct validity testing priori hypotheses associations survey results patient characteristics descriptively analyzed survey responses applied linear regression analyses evaluate associations patient characteristics health literacy measured using rapid estimate adult literacy medicineparticipants median age 58 25th75th percentile 4668 years 83 white 18 limited literacy 77 ckd stages 35 28question knowledge survey good reliability kuderrichardson20 coefficient 072 mean knowledge score 66 15 sd support construct validity knowledge survey bivariate analysis shows scores associated age 00110 years 95 ci 002 0005 p 0003 formal education 009 95 ci 003015 p 0004 health literacy 006 95 ci 003010 p 0001 kidney education class participation 005 95 ci 001009 p 0009 knowing someone else ckd 005 95 ci 002008 p 0001 awareness ones ckd diagnosis 007 95 ci 004010 p 0001 findings similar adjusted analysesrecruitment 1 clinic limits generalizability findingsfor patients ckd kidney knowledge survey kiks reliable valid identifies areas risk factors poor kidney knowledge study needed determine impact ckd knowledge selfcare behaviors clinical outcomes