Abstract

A COMPARITIVE STUDY ON DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN CKD PATIENTS ON HEMODIALYSIS IN INDIA AND QAZVIN- A REVIEW

*Akhila Sri Bandi, Karneni Hema, M.N.V. Phani Mounika, V.H.N.S. Gayatri, Sreenu Thalla and Padmalatha Kantamneni

ABSTRACT

The Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is the major and leading cause of death and also leads to various comorbidities like hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular risk etc and the patients undergoing hemodialysis are at an increased risk of psychiatric symptoms like depression and anxiety. In this review, we compared two studies from India and Qazvin to assess the occurance of depression and anxiety in CKD patients undergoing hemodialysis. Instudy-1, Depression and Anxiety in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing Hemodialysis. It is a prospective, cross – sectional, observational study in India. In study 2- Depression and Anxiety among patients with Chronic Kidney Disease receiving Hemodialysis was a case-control study done in Bu-Ali Sina Hospital, hemodialysis clinic in Qazvin, Iran. In study 1, the depression was mild in 91 (60.66%) patients and moderate to severe in 59 (39.34%) patients. The anxiety was mild in 139 (92.66%) patients and moderate to severe in 11 (7.34%) patients. In study 2, the depression was mild in 14 (35%) patients and moderate to severe in 26 (65%) patients. The anxiety was mild in 23 (57.5%) patients and moderate to severe in 17 (42.5%) patients. This study provides the correlation between depression and anxiety based on sociodemographics and other features in CKD patients receiving hemodialysis.

Keywords: Depression, Anxiety, Hemodialysis, Chronic Kidney Disease.