Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease among older adults in hail, Saudi Arabia: Community based study Ginawi Ibrahim* College of Medicine, University of Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia *Corresponding author
Online published on 24 May, 2018. Abstract Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) is becoming a major public health problem among elder in Saudi Arabia. The high prevalence of diabetes and hypertension is a main factor aggravating this problem. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of CKD and CKD risk factors among adult population in Hail region-Saudi Arabia. This is a cross sectional survey collected data from around 5000 Saudi from general population during the period from 2012 to 2013. Participants were selected from PHCs by simple random method. A team of physicians, paramedicals and medical students shared in data collection from 30 PHCs out of 105 in Hail Region, KSA, during a comprehensive survey for CKD. The GFR estimation was done for 775 individuals, among whom, 393/775 (50.7%) were found with impaired kidney function). Of the 393 persons with CKD, 2/775(0.6%), 7/775(0.9%), 97/775(12.5%), 206/775 (26.6%) and 81/775 (10.5%) were found with stage V, Stage IV, stage III and stage IV of the CKD, respectively. In almost every country the proportion of elder people is increasing as a result of longer life expectancy due to the development of Primary Health Care services. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a very common clinical problem in elderly patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. CKD is a disease of older people, and simple treatments can slow the progression of the disease and improve quality of life. Top Keywords Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Elderly, GFR, Risk Factors, Saudi Arabia. Top |