TY - JOUR AU - Manandhar, Nora Ranjitkar AU - Shakya, Rabi AU - Pandey, Bimal AU - Wagley, Pratik PY - 2018/12/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Depression among patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis at a tertiary care center in Kathmandu, Nepal JF - Journal of Patan Academy of Health Sciences JA - J Patan Acad Health Sci VL - 5 IS - 2 SE - General Section: Original Articles DO - 10.3126/jpahs.v5i2.23982 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPAHS/article/view/23982 SP - 4-11 AB - <p><strong>Introductions:</strong>Patients with chronic kidney disease have a high burden of somatic symptoms which may be due to depression. This study analyses occurrence of depression in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing hemodialysis (HD) at a tertiary care center in Kathmandu, Nepal.</p><p>&nbsp;<strong>Methods:</strong> This is a retrospective study done at Patan Hospital, a tertiary care teaching hospital of Patan Academy of Health sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal. Translated in Nepali language and validated Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used. A cut-off of 16/17 was used to define depression.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<strong>Results:</strong> Altogether 56 patients were included, mean age 54.375±17.87 years, time on HD 25.06±21.58 months, BDI score 19.18±10.16. The prevalence of depression was 51.8%. There was no significant differences of BDI score and rate of depression in genders, housing status, education level, alcohol intake, presence of co-morbidity and shift of HD. However, there was a significant association of BDI score and the employment status,<em> p</em>=0.026 and the affordability of erythropoiesis stimulating agent, <em>p</em>=0.033.</p><p>&nbsp;<strong>Conclusions: </strong>Depression was common in patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment and the rate of depression was significantly lower in the patients who were employed and used of erythropoiesis stimulating agent.</p> ER -