Ansiedad y depresión en pacientes con hemodiálisis del hospital general Ambato

Abstract

Introduction: Hemodialysis is the most common method of treating chronic kidney failure; however, the therapeutic regimen, together with the evolution of the disease and its complications, have been related to the presence of psychological alterations such as anxiety and depression. Objective: To identify the presence of anxiety and depression and their level of severity in patients with hemodialysis at Hospital General Ambato. Method: Quantitative, descriptive, field and cross-sectional study, with a universe of 50 patients from the hemodialysis service of the Hospital General Ambato who gave their consent to participate, the instrument used for data collection was the Goldberg anxiety and depression scale being processed in the SPSS version 18 program. Finally, the ethical aspects described in the Declaration of Helsinki and the bioethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, justice and autonomy were taken into account. Results: The highest incidence of patients are men (60%), married people (62%), 60 to 69 year old (34%), who have been in treatment for more than 2 years (64%), and with diabetes mellitus (38%) as an associated chronic pathology. All 50 patients (100%) presented anxiety, predominates the mild level (50%), followed by moderate (36%) and severe (14%) and 49 (98%) patients presented depression: mild (56%) followed by moderate (32%) and severe (10%). Only one patient did not present depression occupying 2%. Conclusions: There is a predominance of the mild level of depression in hemodialysis patients. In this case, the need for psychological support was evaluated.