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Abstract
Introduction: Depression is a frequent yet underrecognized problem among patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis. The factors related to depression in dialysis patients appear to be varied.
Objetives: To identify clinical and demographic factors
related to depression in patients receiving dialysis.
Material and Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 50 patients from private hospital in Indonesia. Data collection includes demographic, health-related data, and depression. To identify the depression status, 20 items of Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale were utilized in this study. The data analysis includes univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis. The dependent variable was analyzed using nonparametric analysis, and to determine the related factors of depression, regression analysis was used in this study.
Results: The average depression score was 31.1 (10.52),
indicating no clinical depression in most participants. No
demographic variables were associated with depression.
Prescribed anti-hypertension and angiotensin-converting
enzyme inhibitors were the predictors of depression in
patients undergoing dialysis.
Conclusions: Patientes with chronic kidned disease and
untreated hypertension experienced higher depression. The
use of antihypertensive medications, particularly angiotensinconverting enzyme inhibitors, was associated with lower depression scores in this sample of patients undergoing dialysis.
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ZUNG WWK. A Self-Rating Depression Scale. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1965;12(1):63. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1965.01720310065008
Wilson Van Voorhis CR, Morgan BL. Understanding Power and Rules of Thumb for Determining Sample Sizes. Tutor Quant Methods Psychol. 2007;3(2):43–50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20982/tqmp.03.2.p043
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Riskesdas K. Hasil utama riset kesehata dasar (RISKESDAS). J Phys A Math Theor. 2018;44(8):1–200.
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Zhang Y, He D, Zhang W, Xing Y, Guo Y, Wang F, et al. ACE Inhibitor Benefit to Kidney and Cardiovascular Outcomes for Patients with Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3-5: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomised Clinical Trials. Drugs. 2020;80(8):797–811. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40265-020-01290-3