Factors Affecting the Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease among Adult Population in Sri Lanka: With Special Reference to Badulla District

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is one of the non-communicable diseases. According to records, kidney disease affects millions of people worldwide including Sri Lanka every year. The number of kidney patients rapidly increased in the last three decades in Sri Lanka and it has been blowout to Badulla District during the previous years. Therefore, this study is mainly focused to investigate the factors that affect the prevalence of CKD in Badulla district in Sri Lanka. A sample was drawn using the multi-stage cluster sampling method. The study was conducted using a quantitative approach and a questionnaire survey. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression were used to achieve the objectives. According to the descriptive statistics, 35.73% of the sample are recorded for having kidney disease and 64.27% are recorded for not having kidney disease. The majority of kidney patients are male. Binary logistic regression has found that amount of drinking water per day and the duration of using alcohol are significant factors for having kidney disease. Further, it reveals that people who drink less amount of water were more likely to develop kidney disease than people who drink more amount of water and long duration of alcohol intake is more evident to have kidney disease than those who have not used alcohol. Further, the study suggested increasing the amount of drinking water per day, and to reduce the alcohol intake as a solution for getting rid of kidney disease.