Depression and Life Quality in Chronic Renal Failure Patients with Polyneuropathy on Hemodialysis.
10.5535/arm.2012.36.5.702
- Author:
Do Yub KU
1
;
Young Sook PARK
;
Hyun Jung CHANG
;
Sung Rok KIM
;
Jeoung Whan RYU
;
Woo Jin KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon 630-522, Korea. jijibaeheiwon@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Neuropathy;
Chronic renal failure;
Depression;
Quality of life
- MeSH:
Creatinine;
Depression;
Female;
Health Status;
Health Surveys;
Hemoglobins;
Humans;
Kidney Failure, Chronic;
Male;
Neural Conduction;
Peroneal Nerve;
Polyneuropathies;
Quality of Life;
Renal Dialysis;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
2012;36(5):702-707
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between severity of peripheral polyneuropathy (PPN) and degree of depression and quality of life in chronic renal failure (CRF) patients on hemodialysis (HD). METHOD: Forty seven chronic renal failure patients on hemodialysis were recruited (22 male, 25 female, mean age of 63.17+/-12.52) and etiology, disease duration, hemodialysis duration, creatinine and hemoglobin were recorded. Motor and sensory nerve conduction studies were carried out on bilateral median, ulnar, tibial and peroneal nerves for diagnosis of polyneuropathy according to our laboratory criteria. The Korean version of Beck depression inventory (BDI) questionnaire translated into Korean for diagnosis of depression, and Korean version of Short Form 36 health survey (SF-36) questionnaire for measurement of general health level were measured in those diagnosed with uremic PPN. RESULTS: Out of 52 patients, 47 were diagnosed with polyneuropathy and mean score for BDI was 18.49+/-9.18. Mean scores for each of Mental Component Summary (MCS) and Physical Component Summary (PCS) of SF-36 were 50.84+/-15.42 and 47.41+/-18.68. The correlation between the scores and polyneuropathy were analyzed by Pearson coefficient. The MCS score was the significant (p<0.05) correlation parameter with depression (R=-0.635) and the PCS score was the only parameter with a significant (p<0.05) correlation with polyneuropathy (R=-0.340). CONCLUSION: Uremic polyneuropathy is commonly observed in chronic renal failure patients on hemodialysis. Depression in CRF with uremic PPN is affected by psychological factors other than the PPN itself.
