Open AccessDepression and anxiety in patients of chronic kidney disease undergoing haemodialysis: A study from western Rajasthan
Author(s) -
Pankaj Gadia,
Ankit Awasthi,
Sanjay Jain,
Ghanshyam Das Koolwal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_840_20
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , kidney disease , depression (economics) , hemodialysis , hospital anxiety and depression scale , psychosocial , nephrology , quality of life (healthcare) , cross sectional study , dialysis , physical therapy , psychiatry , nursing , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a long standing debilitating medical condition. CKD patients who are undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience depressive and anxiety symptoms because of various physical and psychosocial factors. The present study aimed to assess psychiatric morbidities i.e., depression and/or anxiety in patients with CKD undergoing hemodialysis. The objective of study was to evaluate depressive and anxiety disorders and their relation to socio-demographic factors in patients with CKD.