Epidemiologic study of end stage renal disease and related risk factors in patients under hemodialysis in Lorestan province

Prevalence of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is increasing in the world. Because of clinical importance of ESRD and absence of significant data, we studied the epidemiology of end stage renal failure in patients under hemodialysis in Lorestan province. This descriptive cross sectional study was carried out between January 2012 and January 2013 in dialysis centers of Lorestan university of medical sciences. Subject were selected by census method and data galhered using a questionnaire. At the end, collected data were analyzed by SPSS software, descriptive statistics and Chi-square test. All the patients under hemodialysis were 318 cases, 182 out of them (57.2%) and 136(42.8%) were male and female respectively. The mean age of the subjects was 53.2± 16.4 years. The cause of renal failure in 38.1% of the patients were hypertension, diabetes (19.2%) and unknown factors (27.4%). As well as 5.97% of the patients infected by HCV, HBV or HIV. A significant statistical difference was observed between causes of chronic renal failure and different ages of the subjects (p=0.002). Augmentation of screening programs and especially, early referral of high risk subjects to nephrologists is recommended for prevention of end stage renal disease.