Prevalence and Factors Associated with Occurrence of Chronic Kidney Disease Among Patients at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION..........................................................................................................I

APPROVAL ................................................................................................................II

DEDICATION...........................................................................................................III

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT........................................................................................ IV

LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATONS....................................................V

LIST OF DEFINITIONS ......................................................................................... VI

TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................VII

LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................1

TABLE 2: RISK FACTORS OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AMONG

PATIENTS....................................................................................................................1

WHO PRESENTED KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

TEACHING..................................................................................................................1

HOSPITAL MEDICAL DEPARTMENT (N=89) 25........................................1

LIST OF FIGURES .....................................................................................................2

ABSTRACT..................................................................................................................3

CHAPTER ONE ..........................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................4

1.1 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................4

1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT ...................................................................................5

1.3 STUDY OBJECTIVE............................................................................................5

1.3.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVE...................................................................................5

1.3.2 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES .................................................................................5

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1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS...................................................................................6

1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY......................................................................................6

1.5.1 TIME SCOPE......................................................................................................6

1.5.2 GEOGRAPHICAL SCO PE..............................................................................6

1.5.3 CONTENT SCOPE ............................................................................................6

1.6 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY....................................................................6

1.7 CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK........................................................................7

CHAPTER TWO .........................................................................................................8

LITERATURE REVIEW ...........................................................................................8

2.0 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................8

2.1 PREVALENCE OF CKD......................................................................................8

2.2 SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PATIENTS

OF CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE...........................................................................11

2.3 CO MORBIDITIES OF CKD.............................................................................14

CHAPTER THREE...................................................................................................18

METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................18

3.0 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................18

3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN.........................................................................................18

3.2 STUDY POPULATION ......................................................................................18

3.3 SAMPLING TECHNIQUE ................................................................................19

3.4 SAMPLE SIZE.....................................................................................................19

3.5 DATA PROCESS.................................................................................................19

3.5.1 PRE-TESTING .................................................................................................19

3.5.2 DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE...........................................................20

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3.5.3 DATA MANAGEMENT..................................................................................20

3.5.4 DATA ANALYSIS............................................................................................20

3.5.5 INCLUSION CRITERIA ...........................................................................20

3.5.6 EXCLUSION CRITERIA................................................................................20

3.6 DEFINITION OF VARIABLES ........................................................................20

3.6.1 DEPENDENT VARIABLE: ............................................................................20

3.6.2 INDEPENDENT VARIABLE .........................................................................20

3.7 RESEARCH INSTRUMENT .............................................................................20

3.8 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS........................................................................21

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS...........................................................22

4.0 INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................22

4.1 DEMOGRAPHIC AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY

POPULATION...........................................................................................................22

4.2 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CKD ...........................................................25

CHAPTER FIVE .......................................................................................................26

DISCUSSION OF RESULTS CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS26

5.0 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................26

5.1 DISCUSSION.......................................................................................................26

5.2 CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................................................27

5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS.....................................................................................27

REFERENCES...........................................................................................................28

APPENDIX I: INFORMED CONSENT FOR THE RECORDS ASSISTANT..33

APPENDIX II: QUESTIONNAIRE .......................................................................34

APPENDIX III: WORK PLAN................................................................................36