To explore the Relationship between Quality of Life, Bone Pain, Skin Pruritus and Depression among Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism.
Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted from January 2017 to December 2020 in a third-class hospital in China. The brief table of the QOL measurement scale (QOL-BREF), a self-designed bone pain and skin pruritus scale and the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) were used to estimate QOL, bone pain and skin pruritus, and depression, respectively. Pearson's correlation, multiple linear regression analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used for analysis.
Results:In SEM, QOL negatively correlated with bone pain (r=-0.509), skin pruritus (r=-0.517) and SDS (r=-0.465). Bone pain significantly (P<0.01) and positively correlated with skin pruritus (r=0.568) and SDS (r=0.450). Skin pruritus significantly (P<0.01) and positively correlated with SDS (r=0.426). In addition, QOL partially mediated the association between bone pain or skin pruritus and depression (mediation proportion of 48.62% or 45.08%).Conclusions: SHPT patients have high depression levels and poor QOL due to bone pain and skin pruritus. Bone pain or skin pruritus could increase depression via the intermediary role of QOL.
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