Variable |
| Frequency | Percentage % |
Knowledge of kidney disease | Yes | 387 | 95.1 |
Source of knowledge | Doctors | 113 | 29.4 |
Nurse | 39 | 10.2 | |
Friends | 56 | 14.6 | |
Media | 111 | 28.9 | |
Relatives | 50 | 13.0 | |
School | 15 | 3.9 | |
Know patient with kidney disease | Yes | 283 | 69.0 |
Outcome of the patient | Dead | 68 | 24.0 |
Alive | 215 | 76.0 | |
Location of kidneys | No idea | 17 | 4.2 |
Abdomen | 175 | 43.3 | |
Head | 1 | 0.3 | |
Chest | 211 | 52.2 | |
No of kidneys | No idea | 1 | 0.3 |
One | 8 | 2.0 | |
Two | 382 | 97.2 | |
Three | 2 | 0.5 | |
Functions of kidney | Urine formation | 384 | 94.6 |
Waste excretion | 369 | 90.4 | |
Calcium and phosphate regulation | 287 | 79.5 | |
Aid blood production | 281 | 70.1 |