Characteristics of patients with chronic kidney disease receiving dialysis treatment at a specialist hospital in Delta State, Nigeria

Abstract

Background: There is a growing concern for gender differences associated with HIV patients with chronic kidney disease. However, studies have been conducted on the differences in age and sex of dialysis patients but this study aims to determine the age, sex, and HIV distribution among chronic kidney disease patients receiving dialysis treatment at a specialist hospital in Delta State, Nigeria
Methods: This retrospective study utilised data from patients who attended a dialysis center in Delta State, Nigeria between June 2016 and May 2022. In this study, a self-developed proforma was used to extract patients’ records for age, sex and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status
Result: The majority of the chronic kidney patients undergoing dialysis had a mean age of 50.36±17.16 years. Most patients were middle-aged individuals between 41-60 years during the first 3 years when compared to the last 3 years of review. Less than one-quarter 1041(14.0%) of haemodialysis patients were HIV positive while more than 8 out of 10 (6391(85.9%) patients were HIV negative. Males were majorly affected by kidney disease more that the female participants with 4766(61.4%) and 2671(35.9%) respectively.
Conclusion: There is a growing increase in the prevalence of CKD globally and in this study the population of CKD patients was higher at the second quarter than the first. Less than one-fifth of the total haemodialysis patients were HIV positive, more in males and the adult age group (41-60).