RESUMO
Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder in chronic hemodialysis patients and is associated with mortality. To evaluate the prevalence of the depression in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis, and to identify the correlated factors. The study population included 106 patients on chronic hemodialysis. The Hospital-Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to diagnosis depression. The prevalence of the depression among the patients surveyed was 46.2%. Among 8 factors correlated with the depression at the univariate analysis, only 2 factors were still strongly correlated at the multivariate analysis: professional inactivity [OR = 6.54; p = 0.01] and anxiety [OR = 1 ., 5; p = 0.00]. According to our study, professional inactivity and/or anxiety should make looking for depression in order to optimize the management of the patients on chronic hemodialysis