Pankti A. Gheewala|Gregory Peterson|Syed Tabish R. Zaidi|Matthew Jose|Ronald L. Castelino
Public knowledge of chronic kidney disease evaluated using a validated questionnaire: a cross-sectional study
University of Tasmania|University of Tasmania|University of Tasmania|University of Tasmania|University of Sydney
screening programs may help address burden chronic kidney disease ckd australia public awareness important determinant uptake screening programs however data public knowledge ckd australia lacking aim study develop validated questionnaire assess australian public knowledge ckda ckd knowledge questionnaire developed reviewing literature discussions nephrology experts content validity performed nephrologists n 3 renal nurses n 3 research personnel n 4 questionnaire piloted 121 public participants next discriminant validation performed recruiting two additional groups participants final year undergraduate pharmacy students n 28 nephrologists n 27 reliability questionnaire assessed calculating cronbachs alpha next crosssectional survey australian public n 943 conducted using validated questionnaire administered using online omnibus survey quota sampling used participant selection ensure final sample would match key characteristics australian population finally standard multiple regression analysis performed identify predictors public knowledgethe median ckd knowledge scores public students nephrologists 12 19 23 maximum score 24 respectively statistically significant differences scores across three groups p 0001 kruskalwallis test cronbachs alpha 088 95 ci 086091 indicating questionnaire good internal consistency crosssectional survey australian public participants mean sd age 476 166 years 512 female mean sd knowledge score 103 50 multivariate analysis showed participants higher level education family history kidney failure personal history diabetes currently previously living relationship significantly higher knowledge scoresthe australian public knowledge ckd relatively poor improving public knowledge may assist increasing early detection subsequent management ckd australia