Nakagawa Naoki, Nishio Saori
Division of Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan.
Division of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan.
J Pers Med. 2022 Nov 3;12(11):1837. doi: 10.3390/jpm12111837.
Public education programs about chronic kidney disease (CKD) are important activities worldwide. The present study investigated the knowledge of CKD in the general population of 58 out of 179 cities or towns in Hokkaido between 1 April and 30 September 2019. A total of 15,012 respondents who underwent specific health checkups at these centers answered the questionnaire. In response to a questionnaire item asking about the respondent's familiarity with the term "CKD", only 6% of the respondents answered "know it well" and 13% answered "heard of it". In contrast, in response to a questionnaire item asking about the respondent's familiarity with "chronic kidney disease", 31% answered "know it well" and 33% answered "heard of it". The leading avenue by which the respondents learned about CKD was television, followed by newspapers, magazines, and a family doctor or nurse. The leading component that the respondents considered essential for the diagnosis of CKD was proteinuria. These results indicated that the knowledge of CKD in Hokkaido prefecture is still inadequate. Many people did not appear to realize that the term "CKD" represents "chronic kidney disease". Further continuous public education efforts are required to enlighten people about CKD.
关于慢性肾脏病（CKD）的公共教育项目是全球范围内的重要活动。本研究调查了2019年4月1日至9月30日期间北海道179个城镇中58个城镇普通人群对CKD的了解情况。共有15012名在这些中心接受特定健康检查的受访者回答了问卷。在回答关于受访者对“CKD”一词熟悉程度的问卷项目时，只有6%的受访者回答“非常了解”，13%回答“听说过”。相比之下，在回答关于受访者对“慢性肾脏病”熟悉程度的问卷项目时，31%回答“非常了解”，33%回答“听说过”。受访者了解CKD的主要途径是电视，其次是报纸、杂志以及家庭医生或护士。受访者认为CKD诊断必不可少的主要因素是蛋白尿。这些结果表明，北海道地区对CKD的了解仍然不足。许多人似乎没有意识到“CKD”一词代表“慢性肾脏病”。需要进一步持续开展公共教育工作，以使人们了解CKD。
