Mental Characteristics of Hemodialysis Patients

Abstract

The enormous evolution that has been established in the use of dialyses has enabled the patients with chronic kidney disease to have suitable health conditions for a long time. The quality of life of the patients has turned into a more frequently raised matter. The psychosomatic aspects related to the treatment have many characteristics that need awareness to like temper decline or acceptance approach. The indicators that generally arise in depression achieve special implication in patients under dialyses. Lack of appetite in these patients may take to a rapid incidence of metabolic disorders. Temper diminution may result in motivation to renounce treatment. Depression signs are a considerable untimely suggestion of bad prediction as to survival of patients under dialyses. Prior to an absence of universal theoretical structure, it is hard to simplify and deduce the data, particularly in the case of cause and effect correlation. Additional investigations are necessitated to appraise how patients with end-stage renal disease manage dialysis-allied stress. A meticulous importance should be on the research of experimental surveys and clinical trials with an elongated follow-up.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n1p143