Hawamdeh S, et al. – The goal of the present research was to investigate the prevalence of depression among the patients with chronic kidney disease and their caregivers and its association to their demographic profile. The findings demonstrated that depression was highly prevalent among patients with chronic renal disease and their caregivers.

Methods

• It was a descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional study.
• This study utilized the Hamilton rating scale tool to evaluate the prevalence of depression among two hundred twenty-six patients undergoing hemodialysis and one hundred five of their caregivers in a hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Results

• The results of this study showed that patients with chronic renal disease and their caregivers experience depression at varying levels.
• Findings revealed that depression was positively connected with the socioeconomic and marital status of the patients.
• According to the findings obtained, socioeconomic status of the caregivers was seen to be associated with their depression.