Paschou Athina, Damigos Dimitrios, Skapinakis Petros, Siamopoulos Kostas
Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Depress Res Treat. 2018 May 13;2018:8694168. doi: 10.1155/2018/8694168. eCollection 2018.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the burden and depression in spouses of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The interrelation between burden and depression in family caregivers has been pointed out by previous researches in several chronic diseases and researchers agree that they clearly go together and one cannot talk about one without considering the other. More particularly, in the present study, the caregiver burden, the depression, anxiety, and also health-related quality of life and demographic factors of spouses of patients with CKD were examined, using self-report questionnaires. Participants were 50 spouses of patients with CKD, 29 of whom were dialysis dependent and 21 were not dialysis dependent. Group differences were examined for participants. Results confirm the interrelation between caregiver burden and depression in spouses. The increased perceived burden related to higher levels of depression. Low levels of caregiver burden, depression, anxiety, and satisfactory quality of life were found in spouses, with no differences between them relevant to whether the patients were dialysis dependent or not. All the above parameters interrelated. Implications for the findings and future research directions are discussed.
本研究的目的是调查慢性肾脏病（CKD）患者配偶的负担及抑郁情况。先前针对多种慢性疾病的研究已指出家庭照顾者的负担与抑郁之间存在相互关系，研究人员一致认为它们明显相互关联，提及其中一个就不能不考虑另一个。更具体地说，在本研究中，使用自我报告问卷对CKD患者配偶的照顾者负担、抑郁、焦虑以及与健康相关的生活质量和人口统计学因素进行了调查。参与者为50名CKD患者的配偶，其中29名依赖透析，21名不依赖透析。对参与者的组间差异进行了检查。结果证实了配偶的照顾者负担与抑郁之间的相互关系。感知负担增加与抑郁程度较高相关。在配偶中发现照顾者负担、抑郁、焦虑水平较低且生活质量令人满意，无论患者是否依赖透析，他们之间均无差异。上述所有参数均相互关联。讨论了研究结果的意义及未来的研究方向。
