Investigation of Quality of Life and Depression in Hemodialysis Patients and the Relationship Between Them

Meryem Turgut; Cuma Fidan; Ferda Işıkçelik; İsmail Ağırbaş

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Investigation of Quality of Life and Depression in Hemodialysis Patients and the Relationship Between Them

Authors:

Meryem Turgut | Cuma Fidan | Ferda Işıkçelik | İsmail Ağırbaş

Publisher:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Main Topics:

Sağlık Politikası

Journal:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.25 Issue 2, pp.769-788

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001297993

pISSN:

2667-405X

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 The purpose of this study is to determine the quality of life and depression levels of patients receiving hemodialysis treatment and the factors affecting them and to explore the relationship between patients quality of life and depression levels. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study was conducted with 92 patients receiving hemodialysis treatment at Muş State Hospital in Turkey. Data were collected by using the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Instrument and the Beck Depression Inventory. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, the Mann-Whitney U test, the Kruskal-Wallis test, and correlation analysis. The study found the total quality of life score of hemodialysis patients as 46.6510.81 and their mean depression score as 14.166.08. The study detected the patients quality of life score to be below the moderate level and the mean depression score in 31.52 of the patients to be above the cut-off score determined for Turkey. The study also found that gender, age, and comorbidity made a statistically significant difference on both quality of life and depression levels of the hemodialysis patients, while marital status and pre-disease employment status made a statistically significant difference only on quality of life. The study concluded that there were statistically significant and negative relationships between depression and total quality of life and all its sub-dimensions. Future research may investigate whether early diagnosis and treatment of depression in patients may help enhance patients quality of life within different treatment methods of chronic renal failure.

 The purpose of this study is to determine the quality of life and depression levels of patients receiving hemodialysis treatment and the factors affecting them and to explore the relationship between patients quality of life and depression levels. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study was conducted with 92 patients receiving hemodialysis treatment at Muş State Hospital in Turkey. Data were collected by using the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Instrument and the Beck Depression Inventory. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, the Mann-Whitney U test, the Kruskal-Wallis test, and correlation analysis. The study found the total quality of life score of hemodialysis patients as 46.6510.81 and their mean depression score as 14.166.08. The study detected the patients quality of life score to be below the moderate level and the mean depression score in 31.52 of the patients to be above the cut-off score determined for Turkey. The study also found that gender, age, and comorbidity made a statistically significant difference on both quality of life and depression levels of the hemodialysis patients, while marital status and pre-disease employment status made a statistically significant difference only on quality of life. The study concluded that there were statistically significant and negative relationships between depression and total quality of life and all its sub-dimensions. Future research may investigate whether early diagnosis and treatment of depression in patients may help enhance patients quality of life within different treatment methods of chronic renal failure.

 The purpose of this study is to determine the quality of life and depression levels of patients receiving hemodialysis treatment and the factors affecting them and to explore the relationship between patients quality of life and depression levels. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study was conducted with 92 patients receiving hemodialysis treatment at Muş State Hospital in Turkey. Data were collected by using the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Instrument and the Beck Depression Inventory. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, the Mann-Whitney U test, the Kruskal-Wallis test, and correlation analysis. The study found the total quality of life score of hemodialysis patients as 46.6510.81 and their mean depression score as 14.166.08. The study detected the patients quality of life score to be below the moderate level and the mean depression score in 31.52 of the patients to be above the cut-off score determined for Turkey. The study also found that gender, age, and comorbidity made a statistically significant difference on both quality of life and depression levels of the hemodialysis patients, while marital status and pre-disease employment status made a statistically significant difference only on quality of life. The study concluded that there were statistically significant and negative relationships between depression and total quality of life and all its sub-dimensions. Future research may investigate whether early diagnosis and treatment of depression in patients may help enhance patients quality of life within different treatment methods of chronic renal failure.

 Çalışmada, hemodiyaliz tedavisi alan hastaların yaşam kalitesi ve depresyon düzeylerini, bunları etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek ve hastaların yaşam kalitesi ve depresyon düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel türde bir çalışmadır. Araştırma, Muş Devlet Hastanesinde hemodiyaliz tedavisi alan 92 hasta ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmada veri toplama araçları olarak Böbrek Hastalığı ve Yaşam Kalitesi Formu ve Beck Depresyon Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada verilerin analizinde betimleyici istatistikler, Mann-Whitney U ve Kruskal Wallis testlerinden ve korelasyon analizinden yararlanılmıştır. Çalışmada hemodiyaliz hastalarının toplam yaşam kalitesi puanı 46.6510.81; depresyon puan ortalaması ise 14,166,08 olarak bulunmuştur. Hastaların orta düzeyin altında yaşam kalitesi puanına sahip oldukları ve hastaların 31,52sinde depresyon puan ortalamasının Türkiye için belirlenen kesme puanının üzerinde olduğu saptanmıştır. Çalışmada, hemodiyaliz hastalarının cinsiyet, yaş ve eşlik eden hastalık olma durumu özelliklerinin hem yaşam kalitesi ve hem de depresyon düzeyleri üzerinde; medeni durum ve hastalıktan önce çalışma durumu özelliklerinin ise sadece yaşam kalitesi üzerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir farklılık oluşturduğu tespit edilmiştir. Çalışmada, depresyon ile toplam yaşam kalitesi ve tüm alt boyutları arasında istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı ve negatif yönlü ilişkiler olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Gelecekteki araştırmalarda, kronik böbrek yetmezliği hastalığının farklı tedavi yöntemlerinde, hastalardaki depresyonun erken teşhisi ve tedavisinin, hastaların yaşam kalitesini iyileştirmeye yardımcı olup olmayacağı değerlendirilebilir.

Article Details

Investigation of Quality of Life and Depression in Hemodialysis Patients and the Relationship Between Them

Authors:

Meryem Turgut | Cuma Fidan | Ferda Işıkçelik | İsmail Ağırbaş

Publisher:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Main Topics:

Sağlık Politikası

Journal:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.25 Issue 2, pp.769-788

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001297993

pISSN:

2667-405X

Depression

Hemodialysis

End Stage Renal Disease

Quality of LifeDepresyon

Hemodiyaliz

Son Dönem Böbrek Yetmezliği

Yaşam Kalitesi

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Article Details

Authors: Meryem Turgut | Cuma Fidan | Ferda Işıkçelik | İsmail Ağırbaş

Publisher: Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Main Topics: Sağlık Politikası

Journal: Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.25 Issue 2, pp.769-788

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/2023

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001297993

pISSN: 2667-405X

Issues

Authors:

Meryem Turgut | Cuma Fidan | Ferda Işıkçelik | İsmail Ağırbaş

Publisher:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Main Topics:

Sağlık Politikası

Journal:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.25 Issue 2, pp.769-788

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001297993

pISSN:

2667-405X