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- Title
Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients According to CKD Stages.
- Authors
Baloch, Muhammad Hussain; Alamgir, Ashar
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients according to CKD stages. STUDY DESIGN: A descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION: Department of Nephrology, Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad from 1st May 2016 to 30th Sep 2016. METHODOLOGY: 103 patients diagnosed of chronic kidney disease were evaluated for anxiety and depression using Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) score and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) score. RESULTS: Out of 103 patients 74% had stage V disease, 16% had stage IV disease, 5.8% had stage III disease and 2.9% had stage II disease. No patient had stage I disease. 38% patients had moderate to severe anxiety and 38% had mild anxiety in stage V. 40% patients had moderate to severe depression and 19% had mild depression in stage V. CONCLUSION: This study shows that anxiety and depression is quite prevalent in chronic kidney disease patients especially in stage IV and V.
- Subjects
CHRONIC kidney failure; BECK Anxiety Inventory; BECK Depression Inventory; MENTAL depression; KIDNEY diseases
- Publication
Isra Medical Journal, 2017, Vol 9, Issue 5, p280
- ISSN
2073-8285
- Publication type
Article