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The prevalence and risk factors in ESRD dialysis patients with depression

Background:Various amalgamation diseases which the ESRD patient of may suffer from have already had quite a lot of research to latter stage abroad .Recently, Abroad research find The ESRD patient in carry on extended dialysis can exert an influence or appear melancholy mood to psychological condition their treat .Extended dialysis may influence its medical resource to use or increase mortality.It gradually become to a topic.
Objectives¡GThis study explores the prevelance of ESRD with melancholia and finds out if there are any significant difference upon demography status, comorbodities, dialysis
therapy, utilization of health care between ESRD with melancholia and without melancholia.As well as we will discuss the risk factors of ESRD patient with melancholia.
Methods¡GWe conducted secondary data analysis with admnstrative data of National Health Insurance between 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006. We firstly seleced the patients diagnosed as ESRD and melancholia, and merged the data set and other related variables.The data was analyzed by Chi-square test, t-test and logistic regression.
Result¡GThe prevelance of ESRD with melancholia were 0.47%(2000), 0.73%(2002),1.27%(2004), 1.34%(2008)¡FESRD patients with and without melancholia was significant difference (p < 0.0001) between sex, dialysis therapy, dialysis duration, and the regions of hospital organizations, class of hospital organizations. ESRD patients with and without melancholia was significant difference (p < 0.0001) between age, comorbidities, dialysis duration, outpatient visits and expenditures.
Conclusion¡GThe study was benefited by large sample of adminstative data, but there were some limitation of precision of diagnoses and payment issue of health care system, therefore, we strongly suggested further study could be conducted by research questionnaires to make up the weakness of adminstatrative data.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0215111-171829
Date15 February 2011
CreatorsWei, Feng-Chun
ContributorsYing-Chun Li, Shyhjer Chen, Shu-Chuan Jennifer Yeh
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0215111-171829
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