Depression Prevalence and Its Relationship with Dialysis Adequacy and Demographic Characteristics in Hemodialysis Patients

Depression is the most common psychopathological disorder among hemodialysis patients. This disorder can reduce the quality of life of patients. adequacy of dialysis and demographic characteristic can be effective factors in the prevalence of depression disorder. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between depression and dialysis adequacy and demographic characteristic in hemodialysis patients.

The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 102 hemodialysis patients referred to Tohid hospital in Sanandaj, Participants were selected by convenience sampling method. Demographic characteristics form and Beck depression questionnaire are used to data collecting. Dialysis adequacy was measured with KT /V standard. The data were analyzed using the SPSS-21. Descriptive statistical methods (mean and standard deviation) and multiple regressions were used.

Results showed that 76% of patients had depression. There were no significant differences between depression and dialysis adequacy (p=0.06).

The results showed that there was no significant relationship between the adequacy of dialysis and depression in these patients. Therefore, due to the high prevalence of depression in these patients, it is necessary to pay more attention to this problem. Also in order to clarify the issue, more study is needed.