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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Gov't has no plans for now to raise dialysis subsidy
Malaysia chronicle: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=42159:is-this-people-first?-govt-has-no-plans-for-now-to-raise-dialysis-subsidy&Itemid=2
She said the ministry provided haemodialysis treatment subsidy to poor and less fortunate patients from 2001, which enabled them to undergo treatment at non-governmental organisation (NGO) dialysis centres at RM50 per session.
"A total of 29,937 patients have received the subsidy, worth RM208.70 million, so far," she said in reply to a question from Dr P. Ramasamy (DAP-Batu Kawan) in the Dewan Rakyat today.
Ramasamy had asked if the Health Ministry would increase the existing subsidy of RM50 for haemodialysis treatment to lessen the financial burden of kidney patients.
Rosnah said the ministry also provided a subsidy for erythropoietin injection from April 1, 2009, worth RM30 per shot, involving an allocation of RM31.30 million from 2009 until July this year.
-Bernama
Depression in patients on hemodialysis and their caregivers
Zeb Saeed, Aizaz M Ahmad, Abdul Shakoor, Farkhanda Ghafoor, Shumaela Kanwal
Department of Nephrology and Psychiatry, Federal Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore, National Health Research Complex, Federal Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore, Pakistan
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl [serial online] 2012 [cited 2012 Oct 8];23:946-52. Available from: http://www.sjkdt.org/text.asp?2012/23/5/946/100869
Abstract
Depression is recognized as the most common psychiatric problem in patients with end-stage renal disease. Stress negatively affects the quality of life of not only the patients on hemodialysis but also their caregivers. The objective of this study was to measure and compare the frequency of depression in these patients and their attendants, and to assess the associated risk factors in both groups. A cross-sectional study was conducted at our hemodialysis unit from June to September 2009. A total of 180 patients and 180 caregivers were enrolled and the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-II) questionnaire was administered. Of the 360 respondents, 201 (55.8%) were males and 264 (73.3) were married. According to the BDI scoring, 135 (75%) of the patients and 60 (33.4%) of the attendants were found to be moderately to severely depressed. Marriage (OR 1.817), low income status (OR 1.757) and unemployment (OR 4.176) correlated with increased depression grade, while gender and education level did not. Anemia was the only co-morbidity showing positive association with depression scores in the patients' group (P = 0.023). We conclude that the majority of the patients undergoing dialysis were depressed and were twice more likely to be depressed than their caregivers. In both groups, marriage and unemployment were associated with increased depressive symptoms, while household income showed negative association with depression. Gender and education level were not related to the depression scores.
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Zeb Saeed, Aizaz M Ahmad, Abdul Shakoor, Farkhanda Ghafoor, Shumaela Kanwal
Department of Nephrology and Psychiatry, Federal Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore, National Health Research Complex, Federal Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore, Pakistan
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl [serial online] 2012 [cited 2012 Oct 8];23:946-52. Available from: http://www.sjkdt.org/text.asp?2012/23/5/946/100869
Abstract
Depression is recognized as the most common psychiatric problem in patients with end-stage renal disease. Stress negatively affects the quality of life of not only the patients on hemodialysis but also their caregivers. The objective of this study was to measure and compare the frequency of depression in these patients and their attendants, and to assess the associated risk factors in both groups. A cross-sectional study was conducted at our hemodialysis unit from June to September 2009. A total of 180 patients and 180 caregivers were enrolled and the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-II) questionnaire was administered. Of the 360 respondents, 201 (55.8%) were males and 264 (73.3) were married. According to the BDI scoring, 135 (75%) of the patients and 60 (33.4%) of the attendants were found to be moderately to severely depressed. Marriage (OR 1.817), low income status (OR 1.757) and unemployment (OR 4.176) correlated with increased depression grade, while gender and education level did not. Anemia was the only co-morbidity showing positive association with depression scores in the patients' group (P = 0.023). We conclude that the majority of the patients undergoing dialysis were depressed and were twice more likely to be depressed than their caregivers. In both groups, marriage and unemployment were associated with increased depressive symptoms, while household income showed negative association with depression. Gender and education level were not related to the depression scores.
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