Abstract:
Objectives: To identify the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and the associated factors in patients with chronic kidney disease in Department of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Method: One hundred and five chronic kidney disease patients, aged above 18 years old, were recruited from Department of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital during October 2009. All the participants completed four questionnaires: 1) Socio-demographic Questionnaire, 2) Thai Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Thai HADS), 3) Thai Interpersonal Questionnaire, and 4) Family Relationship and Functioning Questionnaire. The associated factors of anxiety and depression were analyzed by chisquare test. Logistic regression was used to identify the predictors of anxiety and depression in chronic kidney disease patients. Result: There were 105 participants with chronic kidney disease. Most of them (61%) were female. The average age was 50.77 years. Most of them were married and had lower than bachelors degree education. Most of them were employed and had income above 10,000 bath/month. The duration of their illness were 5-10 years. Most of them (77.1%) received the medical treatment. Sixty-one percent had hypertension as their complications. Nine participants (8.6%) had anxiety; 16 (15.2%) were doubtful case of anxiety. Eleven participants (10.5%) had depression; 17 (16.2%) were doubtful case of depressive. The associated factors of anxiety were interpersonal deficits, and coronary artery disease (p<0.05), while those of depression were age, marital status, occupation, income, duration of illness, and coronary artery disease (p<0.05). The predictors of anxiety were coronary artery disease (p<0.05) and interpersonal deficits (p<0.01), while those of depression were single/divorced or separated/widowed status (p<0.05). Conclusion; Chronic kidney disease patients had the prevalence of anxiety 8.6%, and depression 10.5%. The associated factors and predictors of anxiety were coronary artery disease and interpersonal deficits, while those of depression were single/divorced or separated/widowed status (p<0.05).