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. 2012 Oct;36(5):702-7.
doi: 10.5535/arm.2012.36.5.702. Epub 2012 Oct 31.

Depression and life quality in chronic renal failure patients with polyneuropathy on hemodialysis

Do Yub Ku  1 , Young Sook Park, Hyun Jung Chang, Sung Rok Kim, Jeoung Whan Ryu, Woo Jin Kim
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Depression and life quality in chronic renal failure patients with polyneuropathy on hemodialysis

Do Yub Ku et al. Ann Rehabil Med. 2012 Oct.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the relationship between severity of peripheral polyneuropathy (PPN) and degree of depression and quality of life in chronic renal failure (CRF) patients on hemodialysis (HD).

Method: Forty seven chronic renal failure patients on hemodialysis were recruited (22 male, 25 female, mean age of 63.17±12.52) and etiology, disease duration, hemodialysis duration, creatinine and hemoglobin were recorded. Motor and sensory nerve conduction studies were carried out on bilateral median, ulnar, tibial and peroneal nerves for diagnosis of polyneuropathy according to our laboratory criteria. The Korean version of Beck depression inventory (BDI) questionnaire translated into Korean for diagnosis of depression, and Korean version of Short Form 36 health survey (SF-36) questionnaire for measurement of general health level were measured in those diagnosed with uremic PPN.

Results: Out of 52 patients, 47 were diagnosed with polyneuropathy and mean score for BDI was 18.49±9.18. Mean scores for each of Mental Component Summary (MCS) and Physical Component Summary (PCS) of SF-36 were 50.84±15.42 and 47.41±18.68. The correlation between the scores and polyneuropathy were analyzed by Pearson coefficient. The MCS score was the significant (p<0.05) correlation parameter with depression (R=-0.635) and the PCS score was the only parameter with a significant (p<0.05) correlation with polyneuropathy (R=-0.340).

Conclusion: Uremic polyneuropathy is commonly observed in chronic renal failure patients on hemodialysis. Depression in CRF with uremic PPN is affected by psychological factors other than the PPN itself.

Keywords: Chronic renal failure; Depression; Neuropathy; Quality of life.

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