A Survey on Exploring the Regional and Lifestyle Factors Contributing to Kidney Disease in Bangladesh

Abstract

Kidney disease is a predominant public health concern, with an overall frequency in Bangladeshi people of 22.48%, which is higher than the global frequency of kidney diseases patients. In Bangladesh, renal disease affects over than two crore individuals, according to a 2019 research. Two lakh persons experience renal illness each year. The study’s objective was to understand the present prospective and regional causes of kidney diseases. A questionnairebased in-person survey was conducted where 110 individual representatives from different socio demographic characteristics participated in the survey from January 9 to April 30, 2023. All the participants were from 1 years to above 70 years old. Among the participants, 55% were female and 45% were male. Most of them are from rural areas (58%). Of the respondents, most of them (56%) is suffering from different kidney diseases for more than 1 year. For this problem 52% of respondents took allopathy and 39% of respondents took homeopathy medicines. Form all the respondents 41% people have diabetes mellitus. Of them 67% have type 1 diabetes and 32% respondents have high blood pressure. One of the most shocking result is 70% of the respondents are suffering from kidney failure of different stages. Only 15% of total respondents drink water more than 2 liters in a day. Drinking water less than requirement is a major reason for development of kidney diseases and also the higher percentage of kidney failure patient suggest that the treatment pattern of most of the patient having kidney diseases is not convenient.