Self reported depression and anxiety in prevalent patients on hemodialysis

in Patras, Greece. These patients were on hemodialysis between May 2012 and December 2012, for a median time of 43.10±36.54. Each patient received and completed voluntary the following tests: BDI, GDS, GAD-7 and HADS. The cutoff for the diagnosis of depression in the BDI was 16 points, for GAD-7 >9, for HADS >8 and for the geriatric scale >5. Additional questions considered among others, clinical variables related to underlying kidney diseases, HDduration, HD-access, HD-shift, dialysis modality, interdialytic weight gain, number of days spent in hospital during the last year, number of drugs taken in total, administration of psychiatric drugs, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, COPD and active list for kidney transplantation. In tandem, laboratory parameters that referred to bone-mineral disorder and anemia, for pre-HD average of 7 laboratory measurements of the year 2012, were measured. Concomitant diseases were assessed by the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI). Scores for the obtained tests and the laboratory and clinical variables, were compared in patients. Objective