Depressive Symptoms in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease.

摘要: Objective To assess depression in children with chronic kidney disease and to determine associations patient characteristics, intellectual educational levels, health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Study design Subjects aged 6-17 years from the Chronic Kidney Disease Children cohort study completed Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), Wechsler Abbreviated Scales Intelligence, Individual Achievement Test-II-Abbreviated, Pediatric Quality Life Core 4.0. Regression analyses determined CDI score status subject HRQoL. A joint linear mixed model Weibull were used effects on longitudinal changes glomerular filtration rate time renal replacement therapy. Results total 344 subjects CDI. Eighteen (5%) had elevated depressive symptoms, another 7 (2%) being treated for depression. In adjusted analyses, maternal education beyond high school was associated 5% lower scores (estimate, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.92-0.99). IQ (99 vs 88; P = .053), achievement (95 77.5; P  Conclusion psychoeducational skills worse Identifying and treating should be evaluated as a means improving academic performance HRQoL disease.