Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) classification for low-resource settings: Taking into account patients’ social vulnerability

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has increasingly become a significant public health problem and economic burden for health systemsworldwide. In addition, social vulnerability (SV) can also contribute to the high burden of chronic kidney disease. Contents: Social vulnerability can be explored by evaluating five dimensions: household composition, income, unstable housing, segregation, and immigration status, proposed by Jimenez- Garcia et al. Conclusions: Based on these variables a social vulnerability index score (SOVI) was described. This article proposes integrating the social vulnerability index score into the CKD-KDIGO classification in order to provide a more comprehensive approach to the problem of chronic kidney disease burden, with the goal of promoting kidney health an improving current kidney prevention programs.

• Autores: Musso, Carlos; Ricardo, Ana; Aroca-Martinez, Gustavo; Chaparro, Martin
• Fecha de publicación: 2024
• Institución: Universidad Simón Bolívar
• Repositorio: Repositorio Digital USB
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bonga.unisimon.edu.co:20.500.12442/16073
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12442/16073; http://doi.org/10.22265/acnef.11.3.939
• Palabra clave: Enfermedad renal crónica; Vulnerabilidad social; Clasificación; Chronic kidney disease; Social vulnerability; Classification
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States