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Comparison between anxiety, depression and stress in hemodialysis and kidney transplantation patients
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محسن Mollahadi m   , علی Tayyebi a , عباس Ebadi a , محمد Daneshmandi m |
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| Aims: Chronic and debilitating diseases have numerous psychiatric consequences. Renal diseases and following that dialysis and kidney transplantation, strongly affects physical and mental health of patients. The aim of this study was to comparison anxiety, stress and depression between hemodialysis and kidney transplantation patients. Methods: In a descriptive-comparative study, 147 hemodialysis and 146 kidney transplantation patients were selected by purposeful sampling method from one hospital and some private clinics of Tehran in 2009. The equipment of measuring psychological signs in the patients was “21questioned depression, anxiety and stress scale“ (DASS21) standard questionnaire. Data was analyzed by using SPSS 17 software and Chi square and Man-Whitney tests. Results: 63.9% of hemodialysis patients had anxiety, 60.5% had depression and 51.7% had stress. Meanwhile, in kidney transplantation group they were 48.6, 39 and 38.4%, respectively. The mean score of anxiety and depression in hemodialysis group was significantly more than kidney transplantation group, but there was no significant difference in stress field score. Conclusion: Prevalence of anxiety, depression and stress is high in hemodialysis and kidney transplantation patients and it is higher in hemodialysis patients . |
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Received: 2019/03/3 | Published: 2010/02/15
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