relationship between depression and its severity with dialysis adequacy in hemodialysis patients in ahvaz teaching hospitals

Background: depression is a prevalent psychological disorder among hemodialysis patients and is associated with a variety of adverse outcomes. dialysis adequacy also affects hemodialysis patients’ survival rates. objectives: this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of depression in hemodialysis patients and its association with dialysis adequacy. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 205 individuals undergoing hemodialysis at ahvaz teaching hospitals in 2019 were included. the depression level was determined using the beck depression inventory (bdi-ii) for the participants aged below 65 years and geriatric depression scale (gds) for the patients aged above 65 years. dialysis adequacy measures, including the kt/v and urea reduction rate (urr), were calculated using standard formulas. results: in this study, 60.5% of the participants suffered from depression, and the overall prevalence of depression was 54.6% in individuals aged below 65 and 67% in those aged above 65 years. among the patients with age below 65 years, 19 persons (17.6%) were suffering from mild depression, 22 individuals (20.4%) were suffering from moderate depression, and 18 individuals (16.7%) had severe depression. among the patients aged above 65 years, moderate depression was found to affect 45 persons (46.4%), and 20 individuals (20.6%) had severe depression. the mean values of kt/v and urr were not significantly correlated with depression scores (p > 0.05). conclusions: depression is a common disorder among hemodialysis patients in iran; however, it is not significantly associated with dialysis adequacy. however, the results of studies on the relationship between depression and dialysis adequacy cannot be analyzed simply.