Awareness, self-management behaviors, health literacy and kidney function relationships in specialty practice

Table 2 Correct responses to current chronic kidney disease self-management behaviors and comparison with chronic kidney disease awareness (n = 150)

CKD-self-management knowledge items	Correct answer; % (n)	Total aware, n = 132 Percent aware giving correct answer % (n)	Total unaware, n = 18 Percent unaware giving correct answer % (n)	Significance with CKD awarenessa
To help my kidneys, I need to:
Control my blood pressure	True; 93.3 (140)	96 (126)	78 (14)	0.020
Take my blood pressure medicine(s)	True; 90 (135)	91 (120)	83.3 (15)	0.390
Have my urine (“pee”) tested	True; 93.3 (140)	93 (123)	94.4 (17)	0.657
Eat more salt	False; 95.3 (143)	96 (127)	89 (16)	0.199
Get my blood checked	True; 90.6 (136)	92 (122)	78 (14)	0.068
Keep a healthy body weight	True; 96.0 (144)	97 (128)	89 (16)	0.153
Not take some types of over-the-counter medicines (motrin, aleve, ibuprofen, naproxen)	True; 93.3 (140)	92 (122)	100 (18)	0.61
With diabetes	(Total n = 63)	(n = 57)	(n = 5)
Keep track of my blood sugar	True; 95.2 (60)	97 (55)	100 (5)	1
Eat less sugar	True; 95.2 (60)	97 (55)	100 (5)	1
Take my diabetes medicine(s)	True; 96.8 (61)	93 (52)	100 (5)	1

^aFishers’ exact test used as more than 20% of cells had expected frequency < 5, P < 0.05.