TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of dialysis patients
AU - DOMESTICO study group
AU - Bonenkamp, Anna A
AU - Druiventak, Theresia A
AU - van Eck van der Sluijs, Anita
AU - van Ittersum, Frans J
AU - van Jaarsveld, Brigit C
AU - Abrahams, Alferso C
AU - the DOMESTICO study group
PY - 2021/4/1
Y1 - 2021/4/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Studies have shown increased anxiety, depression, and stress levels among different populations during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of dialysis patients remains unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the mental health of dialysis patients during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the period preceding the pandemic.METHODS: Data originate from the ongoing multicentre observational Dutch nOcturnal and hoME dialysis Study To Improve Clinical Outcomes (DOMESTICO). Patients who filled in a health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire during the pandemic and six to three months prior were included. The mean difference in Mental Component Summary (MCS) score of the Short Form 12 (SF-12) was analysed with multilevel linear regression. A McNemar test was used to compare presence of mental health-related symptoms during and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.RESULTS: A total of 177 patients were included. The mean MCS score prior to COVID-19 was 48.08 ± 10.15, and 49.00 ± 10.04 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The adjusted mean MCS score was 0.93 point (95% CI - 0.57 to 2.42) higher during the COVID-19 pandemic than during the period prior to the pandemic. Furthermore, no difference in the presence of the following mental health-related symptoms was found during the COVID-19 pandemic: feeling anxious, feeling sad, worrying, feeling nervous, trouble falling asleep, and trouble staying asleep.CONCLUSIONS: The mental health of dialysis patients appears to be unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dialysis patients may be better able to cope with the pandemic, since they have high resilience and are less impacted by social distancing measures.TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Netherlands Trial Register NL6519, date of registration: 22 August 2017.
AB - BACKGROUND: Studies have shown increased anxiety, depression, and stress levels among different populations during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of dialysis patients remains unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the mental health of dialysis patients during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the period preceding the pandemic.METHODS: Data originate from the ongoing multicentre observational Dutch nOcturnal and hoME dialysis Study To Improve Clinical Outcomes (DOMESTICO). Patients who filled in a health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire during the pandemic and six to three months prior were included. The mean difference in Mental Component Summary (MCS) score of the Short Form 12 (SF-12) was analysed with multilevel linear regression. A McNemar test was used to compare presence of mental health-related symptoms during and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.RESULTS: A total of 177 patients were included. The mean MCS score prior to COVID-19 was 48.08 ± 10.15, and 49.00 ± 10.04 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The adjusted mean MCS score was 0.93 point (95% CI - 0.57 to 2.42) higher during the COVID-19 pandemic than during the period prior to the pandemic. Furthermore, no difference in the presence of the following mental health-related symptoms was found during the COVID-19 pandemic: feeling anxious, feeling sad, worrying, feeling nervous, trouble falling asleep, and trouble staying asleep.CONCLUSIONS: The mental health of dialysis patients appears to be unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dialysis patients may be better able to cope with the pandemic, since they have high resilience and are less impacted by social distancing measures.TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Netherlands Trial Register NL6519, date of registration: 22 August 2017.
KW - Anxiety/epidemiology
KW - COVID-19/complications
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Depression/epidemiology
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Incidence
KW - Kidney Failure, Chronic/epidemiology
KW - Male
KW - Mental Health
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Netherlands/epidemiology
KW - Pandemics
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Renal Dialysis/psychology
KW - SARS-CoV-2
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33742413
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-021-01005-1
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-021-01005-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 33742413
SN - 1121-8428
VL - 34
SP - 337
EP - 344
JO - Journal of nephrology
JF - Journal of nephrology
IS - 2
ER -