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Little is known about the demographic, clinical and laboratory variables which may be correlated with symptoms of depression and anxiety in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The present study aimed at evaluating such correlation in HD patients treated at a single HD center in a Mediterranean country.

Eighty HD patients were assessed for depression and anxiety with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS). The scores of BDI and HARS were correlated with demographic, clinical and laboratory variables.

Based on the Beck Depression Inventory, 38 patients had no symptoms of depression and 42 had symptoms of depression. Based on the HARS, three patients had no symptoms of anxiety and 38 had mild symptoms of anxiety, whereas moderate or severe symptoms of anxiety were present in 39 patients. In univariate analysis, BDI score …