Abstract

AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON IMPACT OF COMORBID CONDITIONS IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS OF TELANGANA REGION

K. Vijay Kumar, M. Bhavani, P. Kishore, M. Venkata Ramana, D. Sudheer Kumar, Syed Umar Farooq*

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a most prevalent worldwide public health problem. There is raise in the incidence and prevalence of CKD since past decade. The purpose of this study is to find out the morbidity in CKD and End stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. This is a prospective observational study conducted in 480 patients in nephrology department. The results show that, 78.5 % of the study population were CKD patients. Diabetes mellitus (DM) with Hypertension (HTN) (29.3 %), followed by HTN (18.9 %) were the most commonly observed co-morbid conditions associated with CKD. Higher prevalence of CKD was observed in the age group interval of 51-60 years (22.7 %). Highest prevalence of CKD was observed in male (61.2 %) compared to female. CKD was observed more among rural population (59 %). This study concludes that increase in the dialysis centres & creating awareness in the public and health care workers may decrease the prevalence, economic burden, hospital stay and reduce the disease progression, therefore increase the quality of life of CKD patients.

Keywords: Chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, end stage renal disease.