CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN CHILDREN IN ARAR, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Zeinab Mohmad Ibrahim Ory
, Nagah Mohamed Aboel-Fetoh
, Nesreen A. Mohammed
, Asma Hamoud Alruwaili
, Amjad Hamoud Alruwaili
and Aishah Mohammed Alenezi.
- Assistant professor of pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Northern border University, Arar, KSA.
- Associate Professor, of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt. AndFaculty of Medicine, Northern border University, Arar, KSA.
- Lecturer of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.
- Intern, Faculty of Medicine, Northern border University, Arar, KSA.
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Worldwide, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health problem and extensive research in the epidemiology of CKD in the adult population is available. On the other hand, little is known about the epidemiology of CKD in the pediatric population.Aim of the study:This study was conducted to identify factors associated with chronic renal diseases in children in Arar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Subjects and methods:This study was conducted in child and maternity hospital in Arar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and included 100 patients admitted to the hospital. The hospital was reviewed for a period of 2 months (from May to June, 2016). The admitted children were interviewed and included in the study. A questionnaire was designed to obtain data about factors associated with chronic renal diseases in children. collecting data was conducted through interviewing patients included in the study.Results: Findings showed that 7% of the studied children had CKD. There was a significant difference between children with CKD and those who were free of CKD regarding parents' consanguinity, family history, family income while there was no observed significant effect of age, sex, birth order, mother age and exposure to passive smoking. Conclusion: CKD was associated with some sociodemographic characteristics such as parents' consanguinity, family history, family income while other factors (age, sex, birth order, mother age and exposure to passive smoking) had no significant effect on CKD occurrence among the studied children. CKD is a serious health problem and strategies are urgently needed for CKD prevention, raising public awareness and early CKD detection and treatment.
[Zeinab Mohmad Ibrahim Ory, Nagah Mohamed Aboel-Fetoh, Nesreen A. Mohammed, Asma Hamoud Alruwaili, Amjad Hamoud Alruwaili and Aishah Mohammed Alenezi. (2016); CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN CHILDREN IN ARAR, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Aug). 1313-1321] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
