Depressive Symptoms among Hemodialysis Patients at Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad City Issa Iman A.* MSc Nursing, Assistant Lecturer, Psychiatric Nursing Department College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Baghdad city, Iraq *Corresponding author: Iman A. Issa. MSc Nursing, Assistant Lecturer, Psychiatric Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Baghdad city, Iraq; E-mail: imanissa89@yahoo.com
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Depression is one of the most common psychological problems among hemodialysis patients. And is associated with important aspects of the clinical course, including mortality, increased number of hospital admissions, and reduced compliance with drugs and reduced quality of life. Objective: Assess the levels of depressive Symptoms in hemodialysis patients and identify the relationship between depressive Symptoms with some Socio-demographic and Clinical characteristics. Non-probability (purposive) sample of 100 cases (43 Male and 57Female) selected from who's their patients were diagnosed with CKD and who are attending these hospitals in Baghdad City that contain hemodialysis units. The data collected from 2nd February 2017–22thFebruary 2017. A structured interviewing constructed with hemodialysis patients who were attended these hospitals in Baghdad City by questionnaire through using the Beck depression scale. The data analyzed by using descriptive statistical measures and inferential statistical measures. All patients with hemodialysis have depressive symptoms in different levels. Most of them were (20–51) age group, females, married, have Secondary school graduate, and they were housewives. Results indicated that there were relationship between patient's age &marital status with levels of depressive symptoms. Conclusion: Depressive symptoms level effected hemodialysis patient's signifcantly especially Secondary school graduate patient, housewives, government employee. There are relationships between Depressive symptoms and their patient age& marital status. Top Keywords Hemodialysis, Depressive symptoms. Top |