Sponsor
This study was supported by grants from the Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital (DTCRD100-I-19). We thank to co-investigator of this project and the patients who respond our survey. HHC and HL have equal contribution for this paper.
Published In
BMC Nephrology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-22-2013
Subjects
Depression -- Psychology, Chronic diseases -- Psychology
Abstract
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive disease that causes a permanent impairment of renal function and premature mortality. The associated prognosis may result in serious psychological distress to the affected individual. However, there are limited data on the psychological correlates, and in particular depression, in Chinese CKD patients. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of depression, as well as the influence of other psychosocial factors on depression, among Taiwanese CKD patients.
Methods: We used a cross-sectional research design to recruit 270 CKD patients who were not undergoing dialysis treatment at a hospital in southern Taiwan during 2011. The structured questionnaire used in this study gathered information on respondent demographic and disease characteristics, and information obtained from the Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire. Factors associated with depression were examined by a multiple logistic regression analysis.
Results: The crude and age-standardized prevalence of depression were 22.6% and 20.6%, respectively. Those who had sleep disturbances, reported having no religious beliefs, followed no regular exercise regimen, and were diagnosed with stage III or above CKD demonstrated a significantly higher risk of depression.
Conclusion: Our findings are beneficial to healthcare providers, as they identify both the prevalence of depression and several of its correlates. By identifying CKD patients with a higher risk of depression, healthcare providers may be better able to ensure the provision of appropriate rehabilitation to this population.
Rights
Copyright 2013 Chiang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
DOI
10.1186/1471-2369-14-78
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/9411
Citation Details
Chiang, Hsin-Hung, Hanoch Livneh, Mei-Ling Yen, Tsai-Chung Li, and Tzung-Yi Tsai. "Prevalence and correlates of depression among chronic kidney disease patients in Taiwan." BMC nephrology 14, no. 1 (2013): 78.
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