title: Screening for depression in chronic hemodialysis patients.
abstract: This study investigates the prevalence of depression in chronic dialysis patients study with a self-administered survey. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) was chosen as the screening tool. A positive screening test for depression is a BDI-II score of greater than 11. In 53 patients, 58% had a positive screening test for depression; 38% scored fifteen or higher indicating severe depression. Forty-two percent of patients had a negative screening test of 10 or less. Patients not screened previously for depression was 58%. More than one-fifth of patients previously screened for depression had initiated the evaluation. Depression is under-diagnosed in chronic dialysis patients.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Eyad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: al-Hihi
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hagedorn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology*