Associated risk factors of renal failure among patients attending Hemodialysis center at Al-Thwara Authority Hospital in IBB city, Yemen: A cross sectional study

Background: Chronic renal failure is a major public health problem. Identifying individual’s risk factors are important to prevent infection of chronic renal failure.
Objective: this study aimed to highlight the risk factors associated with chronic renal failure for patients attending hemodialysis center at Al-Thwara Authority Hospital in Ibb city, Yemen.
Methods: the study is hospital-based cross sectional study. A total 100 patients collected randomly from hemodialysis centre at Al-Thwara Authority Hospital in Ibb, Yemen. Socio-demographic data, behavioral factors, medical history determined using a standardized questionnaire and analyzed by using IBM SPSS version 22 and Microsoft Excel.
Results: the mean age of patients was 45.75 years, and most of them were in the range of 38-46 years. Males were 60% and 40% were females. Married subjects represented 86% and 38% of patients had primary education. Of the 100 respondents, 83% drink tap water, 86%Khat chewers, 75% consume soft drinks, 51% smokers, 48% had urinary tract infections and 30% urinary stones. Participants who used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs represent 29% of the sample, 18% had heart disease and 14% of patients had pervious malaria infection. About 46% of the patients were hypertensive before their infection with renal failure, and 16% diabetics. There is association between gender of patients and heart diseases and malaria infection. Statistics correlation between age of patients and Khat chewing and smoking was estimated.
Conclusion: this study suggests that, khat chewing, consumption of tap water, soft drinks and smoking increase the risk of chronic renal failure among Yemenis.