The Association between Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety, Quality of Life, and Diabetic Kidney Disease among Chinese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yan Shen, Yi Chen, Shichun Huang, Xuejie Yao, Yashpal S. Kanwar and Ming Zhan ()
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Yan Shen: School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315000, China
Yi Chen: School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315000, China
Shichun Huang: School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315000, China
Xuejie Yao: Department of Medicine, Ningbo First Hospital, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315000, China
Yashpal S. Kanwar: Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Ming Zhan: Department of Medicine, Ningbo First Hospital, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315000, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Depression and anxiety are common comorbid symptoms among patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Little is known about the influence of poor psychological conditions on the disease progression and quality of life (QOL) in DKD patients. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of, and risk factors for, depression and anxiety in Chinese DKD patients, and to analyze their impact on the renal function, proteinuria, and QOL. A total of 620 adult patients with Type 2 diabetes and DKD being treated at a tertiary hospital in East China were recruited. Depression and anxiety symptoms were assessed by the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale and Anxiety Scale. Among the DKD participants, 41.3% had symptoms of depression and 45.0% had anxiety symptoms. A poor education, physical inactivity, stroke, low serum albumin, CKD stage 3–4, macroalbuminuria, and a poor QOL were independent risk factors for depression in the DKD patients. Whereas a higher education, physical inactivity, diabetic retinopathy and neuropathy, low hemoglobin, CKD stage 3–4, and a poor QOL were risk factors for anxiety. Depression and anxiety scores among the DKD patients were negatively correlated with the eGFR and QOL scores. Moreover, depression and anxiety symptoms were independent risk factors for DKD patients with CKD stage 3–4 and a poor QOL. Our findings suggest a high prevalence of depression and anxiety among Chinese DKD patients, and the severity of psychological symptoms is closely linked to the deterioration of renal function and the QOL. The early screening and intervention of psychopathological disorders is thus strongly recommended for improving the QOL and clinical outcomes among DKD patients.

Keywords: diabetic kidney disease; depression; anxiety; quality of life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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