Correlations between uncertainty in illness and anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis: A cross‐sectional study

Abstract Aim To investigate the uncertainty in illness, anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis and confirm the correlations between these variables. Design A cross‐sectional study was conducted among 396 patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis in...

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Main Authors: Jingxia Cheng, Dongju Yang, Qiantao Zuo, Weixu Peng, Longling Zhu, Xiaolian Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-03-01
Series:Nursing Open
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1177
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author Jingxia Cheng
Dongju Yang
Qiantao Zuo
Weixu Peng
Longling Zhu
Xiaolian Jiang
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Dongju Yang
Qiantao Zuo
Weixu Peng
Longling Zhu
Xiaolian Jiang
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description Abstract Aim To investigate the uncertainty in illness, anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis and confirm the correlations between these variables. Design A cross‐sectional study was conducted among 396 patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis in four tertiary hospitals in China. Methods Uncertainty in illness was measured by Mishel's uncertainty in illness scale. The scores of self‐rating anxiety scale, self‐rating depression scale and medical outcomes study short form 36 were collected and compared with available norms. The Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated to investigate the correlation between uncertainties in illness with these vital variables. Results The mean score of uncertainty in illness was 78.16 out of 160. Compared with the norm, patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis had a statistically significantly lower score of depression and higher scores of most domains of quality of life. Uncertainty in illness is corrected with anxiety, depression positively and with quality of life negatively.
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spelling doaj.art-c4c5d244f74f4d7fa084dd2a11b5d8cd2022-12-22T01:35:02ZengWileyNursing Open2054-10582022-03-01921322133110.1002/nop2.1177Correlations between uncertainty in illness and anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis: A cross‐sectional studyJingxia Cheng0Dongju Yang1Qiantao Zuo2Weixu Peng3Longling Zhu4Xiaolian Jiang5West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University/ West China Hospital, Sichuan University ChinaWest China School of Nursing, Sichuan University/ West China Hospital, Sichuan University ChinaWest China School of Nursing, Sichuan University/ West China Hospital, Sichuan University ChinaWest China School of Nursing, Sichuan University/ West China Hospital, Sichuan University ChinaWest China School of Nursing, Sichuan University/ West China Hospital, Sichuan University ChinaWest China School of Nursing, Sichuan University/ West China Hospital, Sichuan University ChinaAbstract Aim To investigate the uncertainty in illness, anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis and confirm the correlations between these variables. Design A cross‐sectional study was conducted among 396 patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis in four tertiary hospitals in China. Methods Uncertainty in illness was measured by Mishel's uncertainty in illness scale. The scores of self‐rating anxiety scale, self‐rating depression scale and medical outcomes study short form 36 were collected and compared with available norms. The Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated to investigate the correlation between uncertainties in illness with these vital variables. Results The mean score of uncertainty in illness was 78.16 out of 160. Compared with the norm, patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis had a statistically significantly lower score of depression and higher scores of most domains of quality of life. Uncertainty in illness is corrected with anxiety, depression positively and with quality of life negatively.https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1177anxietydepressionhaemodialysisquality of lifeuncertainty
spellingShingle Jingxia Cheng
Dongju Yang
Qiantao Zuo
Weixu Peng
Longling Zhu
Xiaolian Jiang
Correlations between uncertainty in illness and anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis: A cross‐sectional study
Nursing Open
anxiety
depression
haemodialysis
quality of life
uncertainty
title Correlations between uncertainty in illness and anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis: A cross‐sectional study
title_full Correlations between uncertainty in illness and anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis: A cross‐sectional study
title_fullStr Correlations between uncertainty in illness and anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis: A cross‐sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Correlations between uncertainty in illness and anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis: A cross‐sectional study
title_short Correlations between uncertainty in illness and anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis: A cross‐sectional study
title_sort correlations between uncertainty in illness and anxiety depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis a cross sectional study
topic anxiety
depression
haemodialysis
quality of life
uncertainty
url https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1177
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