Psychiatric co morbidities in ESRD Patients Recently Placed on Haemodialysis : A Prospective Observational Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital

Authors

  • Sarwar Iqbal Associate professor & Head, Dept. of Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka
  • Umme Salma Talukder Assistant professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka
  • Tufayel Ahmed Chowdhury Registrar (in charge), Dept. of Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka
  • Md Mostarshid Billah Junior Consultant, Dept. of Nephrology & Dialysis, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka
  • Mehruba Alam Anana Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka
  • Muhammad Abdur Rahim Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka
  • Tabassum Samad Junior Consultant, Dept. of Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhak
  • Wasim Md Mohosinul Haque Associate Professor, Dept. of Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka
  • Mohammad Omar Faruq Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Ibn Sina Hospital, Dhanmondi, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bccj.v4i1.27976

Keywords:

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Anxiety Disorder (AD), Acute Stress Disorder, Adjustment Disorder, Psychosis, End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)

Abstract

Background: Psychiatric co-morbidity especially anxiety and depression are common in patients who are recently placed on dialysis, but very little research has been done on this subject. Mental illness results in increased non-compliance in accepting dialysis and this results in increased mortality in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients.

Methodology: This cross- sectional study was done on ESRD patients newly diagnosed and initiated hemodialysis in the department of Nephrology of Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM), Dhaka, Bangladesh with informed written consent and maintaining privacy. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) was used for diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. Patients on maintenance hemodialysis for more than 1 month and patients on Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis were excluded in this study.

Results: There were total 83 patients out of whom there were 50 (62.2%) males and 33(39.38%) females. Mean age of study patients was 56.8±9.96 years. Bulk of the patients was clinically depressed (68.7%), followed by anxiety disorder (13.3%) rest were acute stress disorder, adjustment disorder and one case of psychosis. 8.4% participants denied any symptoms.

Conclusion: Significant psychiatric co-morbidities developed in newly diagnosed ESRD subjects when they were prescribed hemodialysis. This study showed majority of the patients with renal failure on initiating hemodialysis who develop different psychiatric problems that need prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment. These interventions will improve the quality of life of ESRD patients

Bangladesh Crit Care J March 2016; 4 (1): 28-32

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Sarwar Iqbal, Associate professor & Head, Dept. of Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka



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Published

2016-06-01

How to Cite

Iqbal, S., Talukder, U. S., Chowdhury, T. A., Billah, M. M., Anana, M. A., Rahim, M. A., Samad, T., Haque, W. M. M., & Faruq, M. O. (2016). Psychiatric co morbidities in ESRD Patients Recently Placed on Haemodialysis : A Prospective Observational Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital. Bangladesh Critical Care Journal, 4(1), 28–32. https://doi.org/10.3329/bccj.v4i1.27976

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2016)

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