Table 3.
Attitude on Chronic Kidney Disease Stratified by Care Providers in Jimma Town, 2018 (n = 326)
| Attitude Domain Survey Items | Health Care Professional | Total n = 326 (100%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP n = 96 (29.4%) |
Resident n = 93 (28.5%) |
Specialist n = 68 (20.9%) |
OHS n = 69 (21.2%) | |||
| Q1. I often worry about treatment cost for CKD for patients? | 0 | 83(25.5%) | 86(26.4%) | 49(15.0%) | 57(17.5%) | 275(84.4%) |
| 1 | 13(16.9%) | 7(20.2%) | 19(13.2%) | 12(8.3%) | 51 (15.6%) | |
| Q2.Kidney disease is a major public health problem in Ethiopia? | 0 | 62(19.0%) | 65(19.9%) | 39(12.0%) | 53(16.3%) | 219(67.2%) |
| 1 | 34(10.4%) | 28(8.6%) | 29(8.9%) | 16(4.9%) | 107(32.8%) | |
| Q3.Ethiopian Ministry of Health gives adequate attention? | 0 | 24(7.4%) | 20(6.1%) | 20(6.1%) | 24(7.4%) | 88(27.0%) |
| 1 | 72(22.1%) | 73(22.4%) | 48(14.7%) | 45(13.8%) | 238(73.0%) | |
| Q4.Do you need more education on CKD and eGFR? | 0 | 65(19.9%) | 66(20.2%) | 50(15.3%) | 53(16.3%) | 234(71.8%) |
| 1 | 31(9.5%) | 27(8.3%) | 18(5.5%) | 16(4.9%) | 92(28.2%) | |
Key: 0- Agree and strongly agree
1-Unsure, Disagree, strongly disagree
GP General Practitioner, OHS Other Health Sciences, eGFR estimated Glomerular filtration rate, CKD Chronic Kidney Diseases, ACEI Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors