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Koşunalp N, Kavurmaci M. Determination of anxiety, depression, avoidance and obsessions experienced by hemodialysis patients during the COVID-19. Ther Apher Dial 2023; 27:1070-1078. [PMID: 37386825 DOI: 10.1111/1744-9987.14031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to ascertain the levels of anxiety, despair, avoidance, and obsessions that hemodialysis patients dealt with during the pandemic. METHODS The study was conducted with 139 hemodialysis patients. Research data "Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS)," "Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD)," "COVID-19 Avoidance Scale" (AA-COVID-19) and "Coronavirus Obsession Scale (OCS)." The data obtained from the research were analyzed using the SPSS 21 package program. RESULTS The average score of the patients on the CAS scale was 0.73 ± 1.17, on the HAD-A scale was 5.94 ± 3.67, and on the HAD-D scale was 7.06 ± 3.89. The COVID-19 outbreak has consequently had a severe impact on hemodialysis patients' mental health. CONCLUSION Covid 19 epidemic, the health sector failed to protect the mental health of patients. However, new epidemics and disasters await the world in the future. In these results show that new strategies need to be developed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nazlı Koşunalp
- Regional Training and Research Hospital, Palliative Care Unit, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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Szu LY, Chang CH, Hsieh SI, Shih WM, Huang LM, Tsai MC, Tseng SM. Factors Related to Quality of Life of Hemodialysis Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:healthcare11081155. [PMID: 37107989 PMCID: PMC10137652 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11081155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Taiwan had the second highest number globally of end-stage renal disease patients undergoing treatment in 2018. A meta-analysis of Chen et al. (2021) showed the incidence and mortality rates of COVID-19 were 7.7% and 22.4%, respectively. Few studies have explored the effects of patients' self-participation and perceptions of hemodialysis on their quality of life. This study aimed to explore the factors related to hemodialysis patients' quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was a descriptive correlational study. Patients were recruited (n = 298) from the hemodialysis unit of a medical center in northern Taiwan. Variables included patients' sociodemographic, psychological, spiritual, and clinical characteristics (i.e., perceived health level, comorbidities, hemodialysis duration, weekly frequency, transportation, and accompaniment during hemodialysis), perceptions of hemodialysis, self-participation in hemodialysis, and health-related quality of life (KDQOL-36 scale). Data were analyzed using descriptive and bivariate and multivariate linear regression. Multivariate linear regression, after adjusting for covariates, showed that anxiety, self-perceived health status, two vs. four comorbidities, and self-participation in hemodialysis were significantly associated with quality of life. The overall model was significant and accounted for 52.2% (R2 = 0.522) of the variance in quality of life during hemodialysis (adjusted R2 = 0.480). In conclusion, the quality of life of hemodialysis patients with mild, moderate, or severe anxiety was poorer, whereas that of patients with fewer comorbidities, higher self-perceived health status, and higher self-participation in hemodialysis was better.
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- Li-Yun Szu
- Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City 33372, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan
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- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City 33372, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Health Care, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan
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- Hemodialysis Unit, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City 33372, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City 33372, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City 33372, Taiwan
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Lv H, Meng J, Chen Y, Yang F, Wang W, Wei G, Zhang J, Wang H, Wang M, Zhou L, Liu H. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Elevated Anxiety Symptoms of Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients in China: A One-Year Follow-Up Study. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:864727. [PMID: 35664473 PMCID: PMC9160521 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.864727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Recent studies have shown that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) aggravates anxiety in patients with maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), but it is still unclear how long this adverse effect will last. This study aims to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the elevated anxiety symptoms of MHD patients 1 year after the outbreak. Assessment of elevated anxiety symptoms was performed on patients with MHD during early COVID-19 (February 17-February 29, 2020) and 1-year follow-up (March 1-March 13, 2021), and a total of 100 patients had completed face-to-face questionnaires at the first and 1-year follow-up. At the beginning of the outbreak, 40% of the patients with MHD had anxiety symptoms [self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) score ≥ 50], and 11% (SAS score: 60-69) and 2% (SAS score ≥ 70) of the patients had moderate and severe anxiety symptoms, respectively. Multivariate analysis shows that possibility of unaccompanied transfer, possibility of family members or themselves being infected in a hospital, added body temperature monitoring during dialysis, and increased medical procedures are the risk factors in elevated anxiety symptoms during early COVID-19. At the 1-year follow-up, the incidence of anxiety symptoms in the same group of patients declined to 28%, and all the patients had mild anxiety symptoms (SAS score: 50-59), which is significantly lower than that of the early COVID-19 pandemic with statistically significant difference (p = 0.003). Increased protective measures taken by the medical staves were the only risk factor in elevated anxiety symptoms during the 1-year follow-up. This study shows that COVID-19 has a direct impact on the deterioration of anxiety symptoms in patients with MHD. With the changes of the requirements for COVID-19 prevention and control, as well as the enhancement of propaganda and education of the pandemic and psychological care, the severity and risk factors of anxiety symptoms in the patients with MHD are changing. Thus, targeted interventions are suggested to improve the psychological endurance of the patients with MHD.
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- Honghong Lv
- Department of Nephrology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Ozkan Kurtgoz P, Sackan F, Kızılarslanoglu MC, Bilgin O, Guney I. Effect of anxiety on COVID-19 infection in hemodialysis patients. Ther Apher Dial 2021; 26:775-780. [PMID: 34787368 PMCID: PMC8652447 DOI: 10.1111/1744-9987.13759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Some evidence suggests that anxiety deteriorate the immune system. We aimed to determine the effect of anxiety on COVID‐19 infection in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Our study was conducted with 80 HD patients. State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) questionnaires were administered between April 15 and May 1, 2020. These patients were followed up for about 8 months and COVID‐19 infection, hospitalization, and death rates were recorded. Twenty‐one (26%) of the patients were diagnosed with COVID‐19 infection. Fourteen out of twenty one (66.6%) of the patients were hospitalized, and 8/21 (38%) of them died due to COVID‐19. STAI‐S (p= 0.006) and BAI (p= 0.021) scores were found to be higher and STAI‐T (p= 0.040) score was found to be lower in HD patients who were infected with COVID‐19 compared to without, at the follow‐up period. It might be concluded in this study that COVID‐19 was more common in anxious HD patients.
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- Pervin Ozkan Kurtgoz
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Health Sciences, Konya City Hospital, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Konya City Hospital, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Health Sciences, Konya City Hospital, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Health Sciences, Konya City Hospital, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Health Sciences, Konya City Hospital, Konya, Turkey
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