Open AccessCognitive Behaviour Therapy for Anxiety and Depression among People Undergoing Haemodialysis: A Randomized Control Trial
Author(s) -
Blessy Prabha Valsaraj,
Smitha Bhat,
KS Latha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/18959.8383
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychosocial , depression (economics) , randomized controlled trial , medicine , hospital anxiety and depression scale , physical therapy , randomization , inclusion and exclusion criteria , psychiatry , clinical psychology , alternative medicine , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is becoming a major public health problem worldwide. The very diagnosis of CKD brings a plethora of psychological problems that adds to the agony of the debilitating illness. Financial difficulties apart from the excruciating physical burden of the disease, owing to series of psychosocial issues. Anxiety and depression are two major concerns that to be managed effectively to sustain the life of people undergoing Haemodialysis.