Understanding the barriers for prevention and detection of chronic kidney disease among healthcare professionals in Syria: a qualitative study
Fatema Ahmed, Qingyuan Ye, Li Li, Waleed Ksebe, Haya Radwan, Chen Wu, Kefang Wang · 2025
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Fatema Ahmed and six co-authors interview health workers in Syria about why chronic kidney disease is so often caught late, in this 2025 study. The disease is rising across the Middle East, driven by diabetes and high blood pressure. Health workers carry much of the work of educating patients, managing risk, and spotting the disease early.
The team held recorded online interviews with twelve professionals drawn from varied regions, hospital types, and community centers across Syria. The barriers they named stacked up at three levels. Workers lacked knowledge and training, roles and communication between professions were unclear, and the wider system fell short on funding, supplies, patient education materials, and access to kidney specialists. The authors call for joined strategies on all three levels and offer a framework to guide local capacity building and outside support.
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| CREATOR | Fatema Ahmed, Qingyuan Ye, Li Li, Waleed Ksebe, Haya Radwan, Chen Wu, Kefang Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |