title: [Depression in chronic hemodialysis patients: report of 106 cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder in chronic hemodialysis patients and is associated with mortality.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prevalence of the depression in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis, and to identify the correlated factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study population included 106 patients on chronic hemodialysis. The Hospital-Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to diagnosis depression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of the depression among the patients surveyed was 46.2%. Among 8 factors correlated with the depression at the univariate analysis, only 2 factors were still strongly correlated at the multivariate analysis: professional inactivity (OR = 6.54; p = 0.01) and anxiety (OR = 1.,5; p = 0.00).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to our study, professional inactivity and/or anxiety should make looking for depression in order to optimize the management of the patients on chronic hemodialysis.
authors.affiliation: Universite de Sfax, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Lobna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zouari
authors.forename: Monia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elleuch
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Feki
authors.forename: Chourouk
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allouch
authors.forename: Sourour
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yaich
authors.forename: Jihen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ben Thabet
authors.forename: Nacereddine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zouari
authors.forename: Faical
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jarraya
authors.forename: Jamil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hachicha
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maalej
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology*