%0 Journal Article
%T Limited knowledge of chronic kidney disease among primary care patients ¨C a cross-sectional survey
%A Chow Wai Leng
%A Veena D Joshi
%A Tin Aung Soe
%A Saskia van der Erf
%A Jeremy Lim Fung Yen
%A Swah Teck Sin
%A Stephanie Teo Swee Hong
%A Paul Goh Soo Chye
%A Gilbert Tan Choon Seng
%A Crystal Lim
%A Terence Kee Yi-Shern
%J BMC Nephrology
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1471-2369-13-54
%X We conducted a cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of 1520 patients from 3 primary care centers. Those with existing CKD or on dialysis were excluded. Knowledge was assessed based on 7 questions on CKD in the self-administered questionnaire. One point was given for each correct answer with a maximum of 7 points.1435 completed all 7 questions on CKD. Mean age was 48.9 ¡À15.0 (SD) years. 50.9% were male. 62.3% had a secondary and below education and 52.4% had a monthly household income of£¿¡Ü£¿$2000. 43.7% had chronic diseases. Mean score was 3.44£¿¡À£¿1.53 (out of a maximum of 7). Median score was 4. In multivariate logistic regression, being older {>60£¿years [Odds Ratio (OR) 0.50, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.32-0.79]; 40¨C60£¿years (OR 0.62, 95% CI 0.43,0.89)}, less educated [up to primary education (OR 0.33, 95% CI 0.22-0.49)], having a lower monthly household income [<S$2000 (OR 0.41, 95% CI 0.26-0.66); S$2000-4999 (OR 0.53, 95%CI, 0.33-0.83)], and being non-professionals [OR 0.66, 95% CI 0.43-0.99] (all p£¿<£¿0.05)] were likely to score less.This suggests that CKD education should be targeted at older patients with lower education and lower socioeconomic status.
%K Chronic kidney disease
%K General knowledge
%K Influencing factors
%K Primary care
%U http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/13/54/abstract