Resilience: A Protective Factor from Depression and Anxiety in Mexican Dialysis Patients.

ABSTRACT: Depression and anxiety are highly prevalent psychological disorders in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) that have a negative clinical impact. The purpose of our study was to identify factors associated with the presence of depression and anxiety, in a sample of ESRD patients treated with hemodialysis. We included 187 patients from two dialysis facilities, age 18-65 years. Beck's depression and anxiety inventories, KDQOL36 questionnaire, the cognitive distortion scale and the Mexican scale of resilience were used. Socio-demographic and clinical information was obtained from medical records. Depression was present in 143 (76.4%) patients. Patient with depression were older (33 (26-52) years vs. 30 (24.43) years, p = 0.025), had a lower education level (36% vs. 9%, p = 0.001), used more medicat

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Flores CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8620979 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature