Anxiety and depression in chronic hemodialysis: some somatopsychic determinants

Ansiedade, depressão e qualidade de vida em pacientes com glomerulonefrite familiar ou doença renal policística autossômica dominante

“…31 This profile certainly has several causes, including psychological problems, especially depression. 32 The present findings are in accordance with previous studies, since anxiety and depression have already been related to the poor quality sleep in patients who underwent renal transplant. 33 It is worth to mention that depression is a psychiatric disorder that affects the general population at an estimated frequency of 3% to 5%.…”

“…Therefore, the total score of each scale may vary from 20 to 80, and the highest values indicate high levels of anxiety. These scores represent low (20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30), average (31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49), and high (≥50) levels of anxiety. Regarding the anxiety scales, STAI is one of the scales most commonly used around the world.…”

Factors related to fatigue in Chinese patients with end-stage renal disease receiving maintenance hemodialysis: a multi-center cross-sectional study

“…39,40 Anxiety and depression, common psychiatric disorder, influenced patients' quality of life and contributed to emotional upset, social relationship, and poor compliance. [41][42][43][44] It was believed that social support, as a buffer system against depression, may indirectly improve fatigue. 45 As one of the primary caregivers and givers of social support for MHD patients, family members offer love and approval to the patients.…”

Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Disease

“…Most studies rely exclusively on self-report scales as a broad measure of anxious distress. [107][108][109] Some of our unpublished data suggest that there is poor agreement between self-report measures of anxiety and a formal anxiety diagnosis in an urban HD population. Other studies have used structured clinical interviews to provide a formal anxiety disorder diagnosis.…”