Abstract
Background: (CKD) is a complex disorder that results in an excessive buildup of fluid and waste in the blood, which causes the kidneys to be unable to work correctly due to structural or functional damage. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate public understanding of chronic renal disease risk factor among adults in Saudi population by using information gathered from general Saudi population. Methodology: This is a cross sectional study involved a total of 1111 participants from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia above eighteen years of age for both genders. The data was analysed with the help of Microsoft excel and SPSS. Results: The study included 1111 participants 67.9% females and 32.1% males. 23.7% of participants reported that they had a family-member with kidney disease, in 51% of them family-member was from first class. 71.6% reported moderate knowledge, 17.5% low knowledge and only 11% reported high knowledge. 44.9% reported moderate attitude followed by 39.9% low attitude and only 15.2% reported high attitude score. Conclusion: We concluded from the current research that the participants had good understanding of CKDs and that the results were similar to certain studies conducted in Saudi Arabia and better than other studies from different countries. In addition, individuals in our study indicated a positive attitude toward CKDs, which was consistent with other studies.