Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of children with CKD, Assiut, Upper Egypt, 2018

From: Family impact and economic burden among caregivers of children with chronic kidney disease in Assiut, Egypt

Variables	Number (250)	Percentage (%)
Age
Mean ± SD (range)	11.9 ± 3.1 (8–18)
Sex
Male	168	67.2
Female	82	32.8
Residence
Urban	38	15.2
Rural	212	84.8
Education level
No schooling	10	4.0
Primary	144	57.6
Preparatory	65	26
Secondary	31	12.4
Mother’s working status
Housewife	236	94.4
Working mother	14	5.6
Socioeconomic level
Low	42	16.8
Middle	164	65.6
High	44	17.6
Duration of CKD
≤ 5 years	158	63.2
> 5 years	92	36.8
Treatment modality
Conservative	214	85.6
Dialysis	36	14.4
Stage of CKD^a	N = (222)
Stage 1	59	26.6
Stage 2	20	9
Stage 3	15	6.8
Stage 4	16	7.2
Stage 5	112	50.4

^aStage of CKD: total = 222 (28 children had no available kidney function tests)

Back to article page