The relationship between diabetes-related knowledge and kidney disease knowledge, attitudes, and practices: a cross-sectional study

• Published in: BMC public health 2023-03, Vol.23 (1), p.480-480, Article 480
• Main Authors: Badran, Asem, Bahar, Anas, Tammam, Mohammed, Bahar, Sami, Khalil, Amani, Koni, Amer A, Zyoud, Sa'ed H
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aged; Attitudes; Body mass index; Care and treatment; Chronic kidney disease; Chronic kidney failure; CKD screening index; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic nephropathies; Diagnosis; Disease prevention; Education; Glycated Hemoglobin; Health care; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Income; Kidney diseases; Kidneys; Knowledge; Medical screening; Methods; Middle Aged; Missing data; Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; Obesity; Patients; Prevention; Primary care; Primary health care; Public health; Questionnaires; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - epidemiology; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - prevention & control; Risk factors; Sample size; Services; Sociodemographics; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tobacco; Validity
• ISSN: 1471-2458; 1471-2458
• DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15390-8

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the main noncommunicable diseases encountered in primary health care clinics. DM is considered one of the most common causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In this study, we aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of patients with DM on the early detection and prevention of CKD, determine its relationship with other variables, and examine the relationship between KAP scores for the prevention and early detection of CKD and the Michigan Diabetic Knowledge Test. We collected data from 2 Nablus primary healthcare centers using a questionnaire that contains three sections: sociodemographic section, questions related to DM, and CKD screening index, which is formed of three scales. We used the Michigan Diabetic Knowledge Test (MDKT) to assess the knowledge of diabetic patients. The study was carried out among 386 diabetic patients with a mean age of 57.62 ± 12.4 years (ranging from 28 to 90). The median (interquartile range) was 11 (8-14) for the knowledge scale, 56 (52-59) for the attitude scale, and 30 (26-33) for the practice scale. In the multiple linear regression, only patients under 55 years old (p = 0.012), with normal BMI (p = 0.030), high educational level (p