title: Depressed mood and poor quality of life in male patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess mood and quality of life in male hemodialysis patients, and to correlate mood swings with the different domains of the quality of life questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-seven male patients undergoing regular hemodialysis for more than six months were included in the study. The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression and the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire, in a version translated into and adapted to Portuguese, were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients' age was 39.4±8.9 years (median±SD). Depression was observed in 32 (68.1%) patients according to the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. A significant negative correlation was found between the results from the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression and the following parameters of the specific dimensions of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire: list of symptoms and problems (rs=-0.399; p=0.005), quality of social interaction (rs=-0.433; p=0.002), and quality of sleep (rs=-0.585; p<0.001). Among the generic domains, mood showed a significant negative correlation with general health (rs=-0.475; p<0.001), emotional well-being (rs=-0.354; p=0.015), social functioning and energy/fatigue (rs=-0.518; p<0.001). The other parameters of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire did not show significant correlations with the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mood showed a negative correlation with the various scores of quality of life assessed by the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire, suggesting a possible influence of mood on the quality of life of chronic renal patients undergoing hemodialysis.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Universidade de Brasília, and Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brazil. twgarcia@unb.br
authors.forename: Thales Weber
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Joel Paulo Russomano
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Veiga
authors.forename: Lucilia Domingues Casulari da
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Motta
authors.forename: Flávio José Dutra de
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.forename: Luiz Augusto
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Casulari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult