فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: Hemodialysis as a solution for patients with chronic renal failure is a stressful process. Anxiety and depression after hemodialysis could have negative impacts on quality of life, treatment and prognosis of the disease. Some studies indicated that educating patients prior to hemodialysis could enhance patients’ quality of life and increase the likelihood of their survival. Objectives: This study investigated psychological impacts of psycho education on anxiety and depression symptoms in patients under dialysis. Results: Psycho education decreased depression score (P < 0.001) and the HADS (P = 0.008) significantly. These decreases were not significant for anxiety scores of patients (P = 0.185). Conclusion: This research indicated that psycho education based on the designed protocol decreased the scores of depression and total scores of HADS.