Risk Perceptions toward Chronic Kidney Disease and Self-Care Behaviour among People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Attending Follow-Ups in the Tertiary Care Hospitals

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the second leading cause worldwide of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and CKD-related mortality.Previous reports indicated an increased risk of CKD in the Lao PDR due to poor diet and poor physical activity.There was an increase in the number of CKD patients, from 4.24% in 2020 to 8.55% in 2022.This cross-sectional study aims to examine factors in self-care behaviour among people with type 2 DM who visited three tertiary care hospitals in Lao PDR.The study was conducted at the OPD of these hospitals.Face-to-face interviews were used to collect the information using structured questionnaires from September to October 2024.A total of 422 subjects completed this study.Descriptive and multiple logistic regression were used to analyse the data.Only 41% of respondents demonstrated good self-care behaviours.Those who were underweight and normal BMI (AOR: 1.72, 95% CI: 1.12 -2.65), less knowledge of self-care practices (AOR: 0.49, 95% CI: 0.26 -0.93), high perceived severity of CKD (AOR: 2.03, 95% CI: 1.32 -3.14), low perceived barriers to performing self-care practices (AOR: 1.71, 95% CI: 1.09 -2.69).