Stressors, coping and depression in haemodialysis patients

Abstract

Research is now needed that explicates the causal relationships among stress, coping and depression in haemodialysis patients.

Effect of social support on psychological-stress-induced anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis

“…Our study demonstrated that the anxiety symptoms were significantly and positively associated with both "Worry about daily life being restricted and physical appearance being altered" and "Fear of decline in physical function." These results were in agreement with the findings of Welch and Austin [18], who found that more psychosocial stressors at Time 1 were related to depression at Time 2. These results were also in agreement with the results of Takaki et al [3] indicating that itching patients had more anxiety symptoms than nonitching patients, but did not agree with the results reported previously by Devins et al [17] suggesting that perceived illness intrusiveness did not correlate with depression.…”

“…Devins et al [17] found that a higher level of perceived illness intrusiveness was associated with more pessimism, depression, and negative affect in ESRD patients. A longitudinal study by Welch and Austin [18] discovered that more psychological stressors at Time 1 were positively related to depression at Time 2 in a group of hemodialysis patients. Another longitudinal study in Japan indicated that itching, one of the disease stressors, was positively associated with anxiety and depression, and also had an interactive effect on anxiety with emotion-oriented coping at the same time in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis [3].…”

Possible interactive effects of demographic factors and stress coping mechanisms on depression and anxiety in maintenance hemodialysis patients

“…An American study of 83 HD patients suggested that avoidance coping, as evaluated by the Coping Strategy Indicator, predicted depression [25]. From another American study of 51 HD patients, it was suggested that avoidance coping, evaluated by the Ways of Coping Inventory, positively correlated with anxiety [26].…”

Stress, depression, and intention to leave among nurses in different medical units: Implications for healthcare management/nursing practice

“…Stress has been studied with an array of variables including workload [50][51][52], self-esteem [53], social support [54], copy [42,46,55,56], burnout [57][58][59][60][61], and depression [56,62]. However, studies on stress in relation to depression in the nursing profession have been significantly lacking [63].…”