Depressive Symptomatology in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Undergoing Chronic Dialysis

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 ma...

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Main Authors: Edith G. Hernandez, Reyner Loza, Horacio Vargas, Mercedes F. Jara
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/798692
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-608bdbd1bbf548f4984f7c198068191d2025-08-20T03:34:48ZengWileyInternational Journal of Nephrology2090-214X2090-21582011-01-01201110.4061/2011/798692798692Depressive Symptomatology in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Undergoing Chronic DialysisEdith G. Hernandez0Reyner Loza1Horacio Vargas2Mercedes F. Jara3Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Cayetano Heredia National Hospital, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Lima 31, PeruPediatric Nephrology Unit, Cayetano Heredia National Hospital, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Lima 31, PeruPediatric Psychiatric Unit, The National Institute of Mental Health “Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi”, Lima, Lima 31, PeruPediatric Nephrology Unit, Cayetano Heredia National Hospital, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Lima 31, PeruThis 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/798692
spellingShingle Edith G. Hernandez
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International Journal of Nephrology
title Depressive Symptomatology in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Undergoing Chronic Dialysis
title_full Depressive Symptomatology in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Undergoing Chronic Dialysis
title_fullStr Depressive Symptomatology in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Undergoing Chronic Dialysis
title_full_unstemmed Depressive Symptomatology in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Undergoing Chronic Dialysis
title_short Depressive Symptomatology in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Undergoing Chronic Dialysis
title_sort depressive symptomatology in children and adolescents with chronic renal insufficiency undergoing chronic dialysis
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