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Gebreyohannes LT, Wake AD, Abdulle MU. Knowledge, attitude and practices towards prevention and early detection of chronic kidney disease and associated factors in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. J Public Health Res 2024; 13:22799036241277088. [PMID: 39257387 PMCID: PMC11384536 DOI: 10.1177/22799036241277088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 09/12/2024] Open
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Background Early detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is important because it enables clinicians to initiate effective treatment, preventing loss of kidney function, and delaying or avoiding progression to kidney failure. This study was aimed to assess knowledge, attitude, and practices towards prevention and early detection of CKD and associated factors. Methods Institution based cross-sectional survey was done at Adama Hospital Medical College, Ethiopia, between November 24/2021 and December 24/2021 among 190 hypertensive patients. Data were entered into EpiData version 4.2.0.0 and analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. Result The level of good knowledge, positive attitude, and good practice was 40.5%, 53.7%, and 47.4%, respectively. Government employed (AOR = 3.30, 95%CI: 1.38, 7.90), having an average monthly income of ≥3000 ETB (61.43 US dollars) (AOR = 2.95, 95%CI: 1.31, 6.66), and having a duration of ≥4 years since diagnosis of hypertension (AOR = 2.37, 95%CI: 1.11, 5.06) were factors significantly associated with good knowledge. Government employed (AOR = 2.56, 95%CI: 1.12, 5.87), having duration of hypertension ≥4 years since diagnosis (AOR = 2.16, 95%CI: 1.07, 4.36) were factors significantly associated with positive attitude. Government employed (AOR = 4.16, 95%CI: 1.38, 12.58), having an average monthly income of ≥3000 ETB (61.43 US dollars) (AOR = 6.74, 95%CI: 2.93, 15.52), having good knowledge towards prevention and early detection of CKD (AOR = 2.57, 95%CI: 1.14, 5.80) were significantly associated with good practice. Conclusions The level of good knowledge, positive attitude, and good practice towards was low. Educational programs on these issues are required to minimize the burdens.
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- Lidiya Tekle Gebreyohannes
- Nursing Department, College of Health Sciences, Arsi University, Asella, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
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- Nursing Department, College of Health Sciences, Arsi University, Asella, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
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Wallace H, Wang Q, Botha T, Hunter B, Lumsden N, Nelson C. Optimising diagnosis and management of kidney disease: an implementation trial of a clinical decision support system future health today. BMC Nephrol 2024; 25:57. [PMID: 38365641 PMCID: PMC10870544 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-024-03489-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease affects more than 10% of the world's population and is a non-communicable disease of global concern and priority. There is a significant implementation gap between best practice guideline recommendations and current kidney disease management. Previous research has shown the need to partner with primary care to improve education, collaboration, and kidney disease awareness. This implementation trial will explore use of an innovative clinical decision support software, Future Health Today, to improve screening, diagnosis, and management of kidney disease in primary care. The program will be supported by tertiary care outreach services. The primary aim is to test the hypothesis that the Future Health Today implementation program will improve screening, diagnosis, and management of kidney disease. Secondary aims are to evaluate primary care satisfaction and broader health service impacts. METHODS This pre-post implementation trial using an interrupted time series design will evaluate the clinical and service outcomes of Future Health Today, using a mixed methods study in twenty general practices with an estimated population size of 150,000. Deidentified patient data will be extracted from participating practices to examine the primary aims of the study. Surveys and semi-structured interviews with general practice will inform secondary hypotheses. Data linkage between primary care and tertiary care data will examine the broader health service impacts. DISCUSSION This investigator driven trial will assess the impact of Future Health Today software coupled with education and clinical outreach support. Investigators hypothesise that there will be improvement in appropriate screening, diagnosis, and management of kidney disease. This program has the potential to be scaled more broadly. TRIAL REGISTRATION Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry: ACTRN12623001096640.
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- Hannah Wallace
- Department of Medicine, Faulty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Western Clinical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Western Health, Footscray, VIC, Australia.
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- Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Western Health, Footscray, VIC, Australia
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- Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Western Health, Footscray, VIC, Australia
- Biostatistics Units, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Faulty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Western Health, Footscray, VIC, Australia
- Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Faulty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Faulty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Western Clinical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Western Health, Footscray, VIC, Australia
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Jones JL, Simons K, Manski-Nankervis JA, Lumsden NG, Fernando S, de Courten MP, Cox N, Hamblin PS, Janus ED, Nelson CL. Chronic disease IMPACT (chronic disease early detection and improved management in primary care project): An Australian stepped wedge cluster randomised trial. Digit Health 2023; 9:20552076231194948. [PMID: 37588155 PMCID: PMC10426307 DOI: 10.1177/20552076231194948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023] Open
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Background Interrelated chronic vascular diseases (chronic kidney disease (CKD), type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease (CVD)) are common with high morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to assess if an electronic-technology-based quality improvement intervention in primary care could improve detection and management of people with and at risk of these diseases. Methods Stepped-wedge trial with practices randomised to commence intervention in one of five 16-week periods. Intervention included (1) electronic-technology tool extracting data from general practice electronic medical records and generating graphs and lists for audit; (2) education regarding chronic disease and the electronic-technology tool; (3) assistance with quality improvement audit plan development, benchmarking, monitoring and support. De-identified data analysis using R 3.5.1 conducted using Bayesian generalised linear mixed model with practice and time-specific random intercepts. Results At baseline, eight included practices had 37,946 active patients (attending practice ≥3 times within 2 years) aged ≥18 years. Intervention was associated with increased OR (95% CI) for: kidney health checks (estimated glomerular filtration rate, urine albumin:creatinine ratio (uACR) and blood pressure) in those at risk 1.34 (1.26-1.42); coded diagnosis of CKD 1.18 (1.09-1.27); T2D diagnostic testing (fasting glucose or HbA1c) in those at risk 1.15 (1.08-1.23); uACR in patients with T2D 1.78 (1.56-2.05). Documented eye checks within recommended frequency in patients with T2D decreased 0.85 (0.77-0.96). There were no significant changes in other assessed variables. Conclusions This electronic-technology-based intervention in primary care has potential to help translate guidelines into practice but requires further refining to achieve widespread improvements across the interrelated chronic vascular diseases.
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- Julia L Jones
- Nephrology, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia
- Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Office for Research, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Nephrology, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia
- Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Mitchell Institute for Education and Health Policy, Melbourne, Australia
- Centre for Chronic Disease, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Melbourne, Australia
- Centre for Chronic Disease, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
- Cardiology, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Endocrinology and Diabetes, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Medicine, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Nephrology, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia
- Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Jazienicka-Kiełb A, Babicki M, Krajewska M, Oko A, Kłoda K, Mastalerz-Migas A. Assessment of primary care physicians' knowledge of chronic kidney disease in Poland. Front Public Health 2022; 10:1032240. [PMID: 36339213 PMCID: PMC9631929 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1032240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 10-15% of the adult population worldwide and is a major societal problem. A latent course of the disease and little alarming, gradually increasing symptoms usually do not cause concern in patients and diagnostic vigilance in physicians. CKD is most often diagnosed in its end-stage when treatment options are extremely limited. This study aims to assess the knowledge of CKD among primary care physicians (PCPs) in Poland. A CAWI survey was conducted based on an authors' own questionnaire that consisted of two parts. The first part concerned patients' socioeconomic data while the second part consisted of nine single- and multiple-choice questions assessing knowledge of the criterion for diagnosis, risk factors, diagnostic evaluation, and course of CKD. A total of 610 physicians took part in the survey, including 502 (82.3%) who fully completed the questionnaire. Women accounted for 83.1% of the study group. The mean age of the study group was 37.4 ± 10.1 years. Specialists or resident physicians in family medicine accounted for 79.9% of respondents and 93.8% of physicians are those who mainly work in primary care settings. In the knowledge test, the mean score obtained by physicians was 6.5 ± 1.3 out of possible 9, with only 2.4% of respondents answering all questions correctly. According to the survey, 78.4% of respondents correctly indicated the criterion for the diagnosis of CKD, while only 68.9% identified a test for increased urinary albumin loss as the one of the greatest diagnostic values in the early stages of CKD. More than half, 63.1%, of physicians selected the correct set of answers in the multiple-choice question regarding CKD risk factors. Despite a fairly high level of knowledge among family medicine physicians regarding the causes, risk factors and course of CKD, there is a need for further education and an increase in the factual information held by this professional group, especially that the vast majority of PCPs declare a desire to expand their knowledge and believe that this will help them in their daily clinical practice.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland,*Correspondence: Mateusz Babicki
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- Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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