Posttraumatic stress disorder in hemodialysis patients
S Tagay, A Kribben, A Hohenstein, W Senf · Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie · 2008 · Heft 02
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We aimed to assess the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in patients who receive maintenance hemodialysis (HD) and to investigate its correlation with depression, anxiety, health-related quality of life, and service utilization. Impact of Event Scale Revised (IES-R), Posttraumatic Stress Scale (PDS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Short-Form Health Survey (SF–12) were used. In a cross-sectional study, we recruited 144 HD patients (age 63.1±14.2 years, 50.7% male) from five dialysis units. 77.8% of the HD patients reported at least one traumatic event. The lifetime prevalence for P…