Objective: The study was conducted to determine the association between vitamin D level and psychological status in dialyzed patients.
Methods: The population consisted of dialysis patients in a university hospital dialysis center in Eastern Turkey between March and May 2017. The study's sample involved in 90 dialysis patients (59 hemodialysis, 31 continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis). 25(OH) D levels measured in a university hospital. Psychological status was evaluated by Brief Symptom Invantory. Minimum-maximum values, percentage, mean and standard deviation, average, frequency, Kruskal–Walli’s test and Pearson's Correlation Analysis were used to evaluate the data.
Results: Mean age was 53.74±14.83 years, 61.6% of patients were female, 38.4% of patients were male. Mean Vitamin D was 23.51±29.50 ng/mL. The vitamin D levels of 72.2% of the patients were below 30ng/mL. There was statistically significant negative correlation between vitamin D and somatization, obsessive compulsive disorder, interpersonal sensivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobia, paranoid thought, psychotization, other and total scores. Patients who low vitamin D level has had high scores of psychological statuses.
Conclusion: Vitamin D level has effect on psychological status in participants. Vitamin D is essential for psychological wellness in dialysis patients. While clinicians will assess, and therapy of these patient’s psychological status should take into account patients’s vitamin D status
Medical science Psychosocial care Dialysis patient Psychological status
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The authors wish to thank the patients, dietitians, nurses and doctors who were in dialysis units of the Ataturk University Hospital
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Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi |
Bölüm | Araştırma Makaleleri |
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Proje Numarası | Yok |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 31 Aralık 2021 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2021 Cilt: 7 Sayı: 3 |