The awareness and perception of chronic kidney disease in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Almalki, Abdullah; Al-Husayni, Faisal; Alzahrani, Abdulaziz A.; Zwawy, Mohammad A; Alamri, Samer Abdulmoghny; Aljedaani, Rakan M.

doi:10.4103/1319-2442.335461

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“…Public awareness of diseases that are associated with diabetes mellitus, like renal (kidney) and circulatory diseases are important for public health interventional plans. Our results show that respondents tend to overestimate renal diseases as causes of death, and this pattern is consistent with prior cross-sectional research from Saudi Arabia [56, 57], which revealed a dearth of knowledge about renal diseases among the Saudi population. While the prevalence of renal diseases is relatively high in Saudi Arabia due to climatic, behavioral and genetic factors [58], the Saudi health system has a comprehensive treatment and follow up management, both in terms of dialysis services and kidney transplantation.…”

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Dying to make a care policy: Community perception of causes of deaths using standardized verbal autopsy method: Saudi type 2 diabetes mellitus register data

Alyazidi

Shakely

Petzold

et al. 2023

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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious global health issue which significantly impacts public health and socioeconomic development. Exploring how the community perceives the causes of deaths and their associated risk factors is crucial for public health. This study combines verbal autopsy (VA) with the Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) register to explore community perceptions of causes of death and associated influential factors in the western region of Saudi Arabia. 302 VA interviews were conducted with relatives or caregivers of deceased who died between 2017 and 2021 based on T2DM medical register from Alnoor Specialist Hospital in Makkah city, Saudi Arabia. Cause-specific mortality fractions (CSMFs) obtained from the VA using the InterVA-5 model were utilized to assess community perception. We used a multivariable logistic regression model to determine factors influencing community perceptions of causes of death. Lin's CCC with 95% CI was used to analyze the concordance for the CSMFs from verbal autopsy causes of death (VACoD) as a presumed reference standard and family-reported causes of death (FRCoD). The outcomes of this study demonstrate a generally broad spectrum of community perceived mortalities, with some critical misconceptions based on the type of death and the deceased's background and characteristics, with an overall CCC of 0.60 (95% CI: 0.20-1.00; p=003). The study findings demonstrate that community perception is weak if the deceased was male compared to female (aOR: 0.52; 95% CI: 0.26 –1.03) and if the deceased was >=80 years compared to 34–59 years (aOR: 0.48; 95% CI: 0.16-1.38), but it significantly improves among married compared to single (aOR: 2.13; 95% CI: 1.02 –4.42). The Saudi community perception of causes of death with reported type 2 diabetes was relatively plausible but varied substantially based on the type of death, sex, age >=80 years, and other vital events like marital status. Higher or lower community perception is attributed to how people may perceive risk factors associated with the causes of death, which can guide public health planning and interventional programs. The study findings further emphasize the need to employ robust and standardized VA methods within the routine medical services for a systemized assessment of families' reported causes of death.

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Dying to make a care policy: Community perception of causes of deaths using standardized verbal autopsy method: Saudi type 2 diabetes mellitus register data

Alyazidi

Shakely

Petzold

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…[24] Studies in Saudi Arabia reported low awareness rates of CKD and organ donation in the community. [18][19][20] Thus, these studies emphasize that CKD and organ donation awareness should be raised in the community and among patients to decrease the prevalence and progression of the disease. This study aimed to evaluate awareness of CKD and organ donation and identify demographic variables associated with knowledge levels among the Saudi adult community.…”

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“…We finalized the questionnaire after reviewing the literature of studies and using the relevant questionnaires. [18,19] A non-relevant question was removed after piloting on ten people to maintain the rationality and reliability of the study. The Saudi co-authors prepared the Arabic version of the questionnaire.…”

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“…We found a limited number of studies in Saudi Arabia regarding the public awareness of CKD and organ donation compared to other countries. [18][19][20] Therefore, the purpose of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the public's knowledge about CKD risk factors and diagnosis and the community's perception towards organ donation and renal transplantation in Riyadh Province of Saudi Arabia.…”

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Awareness of chronic kidney disease and the perception of the community towards organ donation and renal transplantation in Riyadh province of Saudi Arabia

Rashik

2023

JMAHS

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Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant health problem associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Awareness of CKD in people is crucial to decrease mortality, morbidity, and complications. CKD can lead to end-stage renal failure that needs renal transplantation. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the awareness of chronic kidney disease and the community's perception of organ donation and renal transplantation. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 503 Saudi adults between June and September 2022 in Riyadh Province of Saudi Arabia. We distributed online self-administered questionnaires among the general adult population utilizing convenient sampling. Results: Most of the participants had university degrees (67.2%). Of the total, 40.6%, 24.5% and 29.2% of participants knew that painkillers, hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are risk factors for CKD, respectively. A significant relationship was observed between knowledge about risk factors of CKD and educational level (p<0.05), but an insignificant relation with gender (p>0.05). Most of the participants (53.3%) supported organ donation, and a significant relationship was observed with the gender and educational level of participants (p<0.05). Conclusion: The current study showed low awareness of CKD and poor knowledge about kidney transplantation and organ donation in the community of Saudi Arabia. Mass media and campaigns can be central in raising awareness about CKD and organ donation to help facilitate disease identification and prevention. Keywords: Chronic renal disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, attitude

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“…However, FFA has some drawbacks because the contrast agents have the risk of allergies, as well as potential impairment of liver and kidney [3]. Moreover, patients with abnormal blood glucose or previous drug allergy also have certain risks [4].…”

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Rapid, wide-field, high quality laser speckle angiography for retinal and choroidal vessels

Feng¹,

Zou²,

Hu³

et al. 2021

Laser Phys. Lett.

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Laser speckle contrast imaging has been widely used for quantifying blood perfusion. In this letter, we propose a rapid, wide-field laser speckle angiography technique for noninvasive imaging of retinal and choroidal vessels. The field of view (FOV) reaches ∼50∘ while the acquisition time was less than 1 s. Larger FOV (∼90∘) can be further improved by mosaicking. The results were comparatively studied with optical coherence tomography angiography and fundus fluorescence angiography. The low-cost technology can obtain wide-field fundus vascular and perfusion images less than 1 s. This technology is more suitable for optic disc and choroidal vasculature imaging. In addition, blood flow dynamic information such as pulsation can be provided by this technique.

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The awareness and perception of chronic kidney disease in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Dying to make a care policy: Community perception of causes of deaths using standardized verbal autopsy method: Saudi type 2 diabetes mellitus register data

Dying to make a care policy: Community perception of causes of deaths using standardized verbal autopsy method: Saudi type 2 diabetes mellitus register data

Awareness of chronic kidney disease and the perception of the community towards organ donation and renal transplantation in Riyadh province of Saudi Arabia

Rapid, wide-field, high quality laser speckle angiography for retinal and choroidal vessels

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