THE PREVALENCE & TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HAEMODIALYSIS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE
| Autor: | Vinu Thomas, Shaji K. S, Vijith Kumar K, Vinod V. S |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Depression Beck’s Depression Inventory II lcsh:R5-130.5 business.industry Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders IV Tertiary care Haemodialysis Chronic Kidney Disease Emergency medicine Medicine In patient business lcsh:General works Depression (differential diagnoses) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, Vol 3, Iss 52, Pp 2713-2717 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 2349-2570 2349-2562 |
| DOI: | 10.18410/jebmh/2016/593 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Psychiatric illness like depression is common in chronic kidney disease patients. With this rising incidence of chronic kidney disease in Kerala, we need to determine the extent of problem and find appropriate strategy to manage these cases. The purpose of this study was to find out the prevalence of depression in chronic kidney disease patients undergoing haemodialysis, the proportion of patients getting treatment for depression, various factors influencing the prevalence of depression in the dialysis group and also to find out a bedside tool for assessing the prevalence of depression which can be used by the treating physician as well. METHODS This is a cross-sectional observational prospective study conducted among 50 patients aged above 18 years undergoing haemodialysis. All underwent screening using Beck’s Depression Inventory Scale II and were simultaneously assessed for depression and confirmed by using diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders IV criteria, with the help of a psychiatrist. STATISTICS ANALYSIS Chi square test was applied to know the association between two categorical variables. Statistical significance was set at P |
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