Secondary Data Analysis of Patients at Risk for CKD to Inspect CKD Prevalence, Diagnosis Rates, Diagnostic Behaviour, Treatment Patterns and Patient Characteristics

InspeCKD - Secondary Data Analysis of Patients at Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in German Primary Care Offices to Inspect CKD Prevalence, Diagnosis Rates, Diagnostic Behaviour, Treatment Patterns and Patient Characteristics

This study is a national secondary data analysis to determine the prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed CKD in German primary care offices in a patient population at high risk for the development and progression of CKD. Furthermore, it addresses the question of how CKD screening, monitoring and treatment of these patients is conducted within the German primary care setting.

The study does not attempt to test any specific a priori hypothesis; it is descriptive only. Data on general patient characteristics, health insurance details, participation in disease management programs and/or family doctor-centred care, diagnoses, prescriptions, surgeries, and procedures, used billable services and laboratory test results are documented during daily routine by the physician. The data used in this setting are part of routine visits, dating back a maximum of 24 months from the date of first data transfer within the study period.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age ≥ 18 years at start of the patient´s observation period

2. Having at least one of the following diseases (based on the documented ICD-10 code):

   • Type 1 diabetes

   • Type 2 diabetes

   • Hypertension

   • Cardiovascular disease, including:

     1. Coronary and/or other atherosclerosis
     2. Myocardial infarction
     3. Heart failure
     4. Peripheral arterial disease
     5. Arrythmia
     6. Stroke

3. Having at least one year (52 weeks) of observation period

Exclusion Criteria: NA