Knowledge and Practices towards Prevention and Early Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease and Associated Factors among Hypertensive Patients in Gondar Town, North West Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants at Gondar town in 2019.

Variable	Categories	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Age (years)	<35	40	9.2
	36–45	101	23.3
	46–55	92	21.2
	>55	201	46.3
Sex	Male	220	50.7
	Female	214	49.3
Marital status	Single	63	14.5
	Divorced	54	12.4
	Married	290	66.8
	Widowed	27	6.2
Educational status	Unable to read and write	117	27.0
	Able to read and write without formal education	169	38.9
	Primary school	23	5.3
	Secondary school	41	9.4
	College/university and above	84	19.4
Religion	Orthodox	353	81.3
	Protestant	20	4.6
	Muslim	60	13.6
	Others	1	0.2
Residence	Urban	359	82.7
	Rural	75	17.3
Occupation	Private business	74	17.1
	Government employee	89	20.5
	Private employee	88	20.3
	Daily laborer	53	12.2
	Student	24	5.5
	Unemployed	86	19.8
	Others	20	4.6
Duration of hypertension (years)	Less than 5	287	66.1
	5 to 15	122	28.1
	Above 15	25	5.7
Disease comorbidities	Diabetes mellitus	156	35.9
	Stroke	48	11.1
	Asthma	25	5.8
	HIV/AIDS	3	0.7
	Hypercholesterolemia	4	0.9
	Malaria	23	5.3
	Tuberculosis	12	2.8
	Other	17	3.9
	None	153	35.2