Journal of North Khorasan

Abstract Introduction: Given the effect of psychological factors on patients with chronic renal failure, it has been received more attention recently. Depression is one of the most common disorders in patients with chronic renal failure. This study aimed at examining the prevalence of depression and its associated factors in hemodialysis patients in the hospital of Bojnurd. Material: In this case - control study 120 cases of hemodialysis patients in the hospitals of Imam Ali and Iran Mehr were selected in 2012. Data collecting tools were demographic sheet and the Beck Depression Inventory questionnaires. Data were analyzed by SPSS software (V18) and presented with statistical t-test, and Pearson correlation Results: The results showed that the severity of depression and depression rate in the studied population are 93.3 % (BDI more often than nine) and 90.8 (BDI more than fifteen) respectively.42.7 % of them were women and 57.3% were men. There was meaningful association between gender, age, education level, marital status, history of drug use and underlying disease with degree of depression (p <0/05). There was not significant relationship between occupation, history of kidney transplant and income. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that a significant percentage of hemodialysis patients are depressed. Therefore psychological assessment should be performed in patients with early stage and the presence of a psychiatrist, psychologist and social worker and psychiatric consultation services in hospitals are strongly recommended.