Depressive Symptomatology in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Undergoing Chronic Dialysis
Joint Authors
Vargas, Horacio
Jara, Mercedes F.
Loza, Reyner
Hernandez, Edith G.
Source
International Journal of Nephrology
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-09-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper presents a descriptive study, using the Birleson Scale to determine the frequency of depressive symptomatology in children and adolescents with chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) undergoing hemodialysis (HD) and chronic peritoneal dialysis (CPD).
There were 67 patients (40 female and 27 male) with a mean age of 14.76±2.71 years, duration of illness ≥3 months, 43 (64.18%) patients with CPD and 24 (35.82%) undergoing HD.
The frequency of high occurrence, low occurrence, and absence of depressive symptomatology was 10.45% (n=7), 43.28% (n=29), and 46.27% (n=31), respectively; all of the seven (100%) patients with high occurrence of depressive symptomatology were female (P=0.04), and none of these (0%) had a friend to confide in (P=0.03).
Depressive symptomatology in patients with CPD was associated with a lower weekly Kt/V compared to those without depressive symptomatology (2.15±0.68 versus 2.52±0.65; P=0.01).
There was no association with patient age, caregiver, time and dialysis type, anemia, bone disease, nutritional or financial status, origin, schooling, or employment.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hernandez, Edith G.& Loza, Reyner& Vargas, Horacio& Jara, Mercedes F.. 2011. Depressive Symptomatology in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Undergoing Chronic Dialysis. International Journal of Nephrology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hernandez, Edith G.…[et al.]. Depressive Symptomatology in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Undergoing Chronic Dialysis. International Journal of Nephrology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Hernandez, Edith G.& Loza, Reyner& Vargas, Horacio& Jara, Mercedes F.. Depressive Symptomatology in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Undergoing Chronic Dialysis. International Journal of Nephrology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-499062