Analysis on related factors of depression in chronic hemodialysis patients / 国际中医中药杂志

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.