Patients’ awareness is critical in medical care, as it can serve as an input into the adjustment of interventions. The aim of study was to explore the level of awareness regarding chronic kidney disease (CKD), its medications, and laboratory investigations among nephrology and urology patients of Quetta. The cross-sectional study was used by adopting and culturally modifying a questionnaire. By convenient sampling technique, a total of 500 questionnaires were self-administered to inpatients, outpatients, and dialysis patients, and 468 responses (response rate 93.6%) were analyzed. Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and reliability analysis were performed on SPSS v25. A majority, 50.3% (n = 235), was unaware of symptoms that will develop due to worsening of disease, while 56.2% (n = 263) were unaware of what aggravates their kidney function. Almost half of the affected individuals, 47.4% (n = 222), have no understanding about the long-term prognosis of the disease. The majority of the respondents, 51.5% (n = 248), do not know about the names and usage of medications, and 62.4% (n = 292) were unaware of the medicines that may impair kidney function; more than half, 66.7% (n = 312), were unaware about the necessary laboratory investigations. A strong association between awareness and patient education level was found (p < 0.001). Awareness regarding disease condition, medications, and laboratory investigations of CKD among nephrology and urology patients of Quetta was found out to be low, which needs immediate educational intervention.

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Environmental degradation (ED) is now a global problem because of expanded economic activities. This issue demands the academics’ and policymakers' intentions. Hence, the paper conducts an investigation the impact of renewable energy (RE) output, consumption, and energy import (EI) on the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in ASEAN region. The secondary data was collected using World Development Indicators (WDI) for 2008-2021. The research also investigates the association between the variables using the Methods of Moments-Quantile-Regression (MMQR) approach. The outcomes indicated the RE output, consumption, EI, EG, and population growth on the CO2 emissions in ASEAN economies. The paper gives directions to the policymakers while forming policies related to reduce CO2 emissions using RE production.