Analysis on related factors of depression in chronic hemodialysis patients

VernacularTitle:长期血液透析患者抑郁症相关因素分析
Author: Jingfeng ZHANG ; Ming GUO
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Hemodialysis; Depression; Related factors
From: International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2013;35(8):683-685
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the social economic factors related to depressive in patients with long-term hemodialysis.Methods A total of 122 patients with hemodialysis for more than 3 months from December 1st 2008 to February 1st 2009 in Dongfang Hospital and Wangjin Hospital,were divided into a depression group (41 cases) and a non-depressed group (81 cases).Informations such as economic status,social interaction,education,hobbies,etc were collected by questionnaire and the relationship between these factors and depression was analyzed.Results There was significant difference between the two groups in the factors of economic status,social interaction,education,and hobbies (x2 values were 14.671 、6.256、6.744、6.390,P＜0.05).There was no significant difference in the factors of gender,drinking,relationship of family,profession,the condition of housing,social status,seasons of born,and careers,etc (x2 values were 3.651、0.765、2.034、3.093、0.772、5.956、2.687、5.138,P＞0.05).Conclusion Thepatientswithpooreconomic,lower education,less social communication,fewer hobbies,and no smoking habits are easy to be depressive.