Salman Hussain|Anwar Habib|Abul Kalam Najmi
Limited Knowledge of Chronic Kidney Disease among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in India
Jamia Hamdard|Jamia Hamdard|Institute of Medical Sciences|Jamia Hamdard
diabetes hypertension two major causes chronic kidney disease ckd epidemiological studies found poor knowledge ckd among general population hence study aimed assess awareness ckd among type 2 diabetes mellitus t2dm patients india patients confirmed t2dm included study patients receiving dialysis history kidney transplant excluded validated questionnaire used assess knowledge ckd demographic characteristics presented using descriptive statistics trends groups calculated using chisquare test statistical analysis performed using sas v94 total 323 patients completed study mean age patients 56 1125 years 517 female 3343 patients correctly identified diabetes hypertension risk factors ckd 4427 aware kidneys function statistically significant associations observed kidney disease knowledge education status p 0004 socioeconomic status p 0000 income status p 0003 association observed knowledge ckd age gender hypertension stages ckd stages duration diabetes well hypertension comorbidities based results study found poor knowledge ckd among indian t2dm patients government start ckd awareness programme deal rising comorbid condition