Mortality and predictors of Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) in selected dialysis centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

BackgroundChronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects 10-15% of the population worldwide. The number of dialysis patients is steadily rising in Ethiopia. Chronic hemodialysis patients experience high rates of mortality; however, data is lacking in Ethiopia. We explored the mortality and its driving factors in selected dialysis center in Addis Ababa Methodwe retrospectively followed a group of End-Stage Renal Disease patients on hemodialysis from 2016 to2020 in St. Paul Millennium Medical College (SPMMC), Zewditu Memorial Hospital (ZMH), and Menellik II Hospital. We fitted Kaplan Meier analysis to estimate the one and five years survival probability of these patients and Cox Proportional regression analysis to model the predictors of mortality at p value [≤]0.05. ResultWe analyzed a data of (139) patients under follow up. The mean age ({+/-} SD) of the patients was 36.8 ({+/-}11.95) years. Twenty-four (17%) of the patients died at the end of follow-up. The median survival time was 46.2 months (95% CI: 41.8, 50.5). The one and five-years survival probability of these patients was 64.8% and 18.7%, respectively. Our analysis showed that patients with hypertension (AHR = 4.33; 95% CI: 1.02, 34.56), cardiac complication (AHR = 4.69; 95% CI: 1.32, 16.8), and infection during dialysis (AHR = 3.89; 95% CI: 1.96, 13.8) were more likely to die. ConclusionThe survival status of hemodialysis patients in three was low. Preventing and treating comorbidities and complication during dialysis would reduce mortality of CKD patients.