Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year
: 2021  |  Volume : 42  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 69--77

Depression, anxiety, and quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis and renal transplantation


Mohamed Nasreldin1, Nagwan Madbouly1, Sahier El-Khashab2, Ibrahim Sehsah2, Mohamed Ghallab2, Mohammed Moneer2, Hend Habiba2, Mohamed T Eldin2, Shirin El-Makawi1 
1 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Correspondence Address:
MD Shirin El-Makawi
Department of Psychiatry, Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11966
Egypt

Background End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a severe and debilitating disease. Insignificant data exist on depression, anxiety, quality of life (QoL), and life satisfaction in patients on hemodialysis (HD) in comparison with patients with renal transplantation (RT). Aim The aim of this study was to compare the presence and severity of depression and accompanying anxiety symptoms between HD patients and RT recipients and to correlate both depression and anxiety with the QoL and life satisfaction affection in both groups of patients. Patients and methods A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted on 64 patients with ESRD who were recruited consecutively from the nephrology outpatient clinic of Kasr Al Ainy, Cairo University Hospitals, over a period of 1 year. Patients were applied the Physical, Cognitive, Affective, Social, Economic and Ego Questionnaire to assess QoL, Beck Depression Inventory to assess depression, Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire to assess anxiety, and Life Satisfaction Scale for life satisfaction. Results The study results showed that depression, anxiety, and somatization in the HD group showed significant higher scores than the RT group. Patients on HD were significantly less satisfied with their life and showed lower scores on the physical domain, whereas patients with RT had significant lower scores on the economic domain of QoL. Life satisfaction and most domains of QoL were negatively correlated with depression, anxiety, and somatization in the HD group. Conclusion Depression accompanied with a variety of anxiety symptoms constituted determinants of poor QoL in the setting of ESRD and consequently, less life satisfaction. HD patients showed higher levels of depression, anxiety, and somatization along with poorer QoL and less life satisfaction than patients with RT.


How to cite this article:
Nasreldin M, Madbouly N, El-Khashab S, Sehsah I, Ghallab M, Moneer M, Habiba H, Eldin MT, El-Makawi S. Depression, anxiety, and quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis and renal transplantation.Egypt J Psychiatr 2021;42:69-77


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Nasreldin M, Madbouly N, El-Khashab S, Sehsah I, Ghallab M, Moneer M, Habiba H, Eldin MT, El-Makawi S. Depression, anxiety, and quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis and renal transplantation. Egypt J Psychiatr [serial online] 2021 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];42:69-77
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