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Effect of COvid-19 on Mental Health in Syrian and Turkish Maintenance HemoDialysis Patients: COST-HD Study

Completed
Conditions
Depression
Hemodialysis
Interventions
Other: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Registration Number
NCT04444557
Lead Sponsor
Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital
Brief Summary

SARS-COV infection first has begun at Wuhan, China, and then became a pandemic. The first COVID-19 case has been reported on March 11, 2020, in Turkey. People older than 65 years old have been locked down on March 21 and people younger than 20 years old locked down at April 03. A total lockdown has been done a few times lasting for 3 or 4 days, especially at weekends.

Renal replacement modalities have been affected in different ways during the pandemic. Patients with kidney transplantation and patients performing home hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis have been advised to perform self-isolation at homes. However, center hemodialysis patients continued to come dialysis centers obligatorily.

Syrian civil war has been continuing since 2011, and Turkey has accepted millions of Syrian people in a position called temporary protection. There are many Syrian center hemodialysis patients both in Turkey and in our unit. The investigators do not know if pandemic affected Syrian patients different than Turkish ones. The aim of this study is to compare beck depression scores of Turkish and Syrian patients undergoing hemodialysis during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
97
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients older than 18 years old
  • Hemodialysis history of more than three months
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients who can not speak Turkish or Arabic,
  • Not volunteer to fill the form
  • History of hospitalization for any reason during the pandemic time,
  • History of COVID-19 before the questionnaire (Beck Depression Inventory)

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Turkish hemodialysis patientsBeck Depression Inventory (BDI)Turkish patients undergoing in-center hemodialysis
Temporarily protected Syrian hemodialysis patientsBeck Depression Inventory (BDI)Temporarily protected Syrian patients undergoing in-center hemodialysis
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Score of Beck Depression Inventorythrough study completion, an average of 6 months

Total score of Beck Depression Inventory (Minimin score: 0, Maximum score: 63; higher scores mean worse outcome)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital

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Istanbul, Turkey

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