scholarly journals Are Depression and Anxiety Common in Hemodialyzed Patients?

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nada Pop-Jordanova ◽  
Momir Polenakovic
Keyword(s):  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Kidney Diseases ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Psychometric Instruments ◽  
Mental Problems ◽  
Response Measures ◽  
The Mean ◽  
End Stage

Abstract Researchers confirmed that depression and anxiety are two common comorbid disorders in chronic kidney patients. The aim of our study was to screen the level of depression and anxiety in a group of end-stage kidney diseases treated with hemodialysis. The evaluated sample comprised 230 participants; 110 females (mean age 55.5±13.5 years), and 120 males (mean age 54.5±14.3 years). The mean duration of maintenance dialysis was 8.3±5.8 years (from 0.5 to 24 years). Patients were selected randomly from three dialysis centers in R. Macedonia. As psychometric instruments Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and scores from Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-201) were used. Our study confirmed that majority of evaluated dialyzed patients are depressed and anxious in different level, but unfortunately the mental problems are frequently unrecognized. We suggested some response measures for management of these conditions in order to avoid risks for complications as well of suicide.

Of Psychometric Means: Starke R. Hathaway and the Popularization of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Schilling ◽  
Stephen T. Casper
Keyword(s):  
Vietnam War ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
The United States ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Psychometric Instruments ◽  
Psychometric Tool ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

ArgumentThe Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was developed at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in the 1930s and 1940s. It became a highly successful and highly controversial psychometric tool. In professional terms, psychometric tools such as the MMPI transformed psychology and psychiatry. Psychometric instruments thus readily fit into the developmental history of psychology, psychiatry, and neurology; they were a significant part of the narrative of those fields’ advances in understanding, intervening, and treating people with mental illnesses. At the same time, the advent of such tools also fits into a history of those disciplines that records the rise of obsessional observational and evaluative techniques and technologies in order to facilitate patterns of social control that became typical during the Progressive Era in the United States and after. It was those patterns that also nurtured the resistance to psychometrics that emerged during the Vietnam War and after.

Psychological Characteristics of Patients Treated by Chronic Maintenance Hemodialysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nada D. Pop-Jordanova ◽  
Momir H. Polenakovic
Keyword(s):  
Relaxation Training ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Maintenance Hemodialysis ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Social Communications ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Psychometric Instruments ◽  
Response Measures ◽  
Passive Aggression

Studies related to psychological aspects of dialysis patients show that depression and anxiety are the most common characteristics. The aim of our study was to analyze the personality profile in patients on chronic maintenance dialysis and to evaluate more specifically the level of depression. The total number of patients was 68 (30 females and 38 males), with mean age 62.3 and 56.5 for females and males respectively. Mean duration of dialysis was 6.73 years for females and 6.68 years for men (the period varied from 0.5 to 18 years). For the evaluation of psychological characteristics, we used two psychometric instruments: Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory (MMPI- 201) and Beck Depression Inventory. The obtained results confirmed the presence of depression in patients treated with hemodialysis. The level of depression is variable (minimal is present in 21.43%; mild in 35.71%; moderate in 17.85% and severe in 14.28% of patients). The depression is significantly positively correlated with age (p<0.05) as well as with educational level, and negatively with the duration of dialysis. Specific characteristics of personality obtained with MMPI are hypersensitivity, depressive mood, and withdrawal from friends and relatives. More specific emotional traits are the accentuated anxiety, low level of hostility, but very high passive aggression which destroys their social communications. Some response measures for depression such as relaxation training, psychological support, music therapy, or peripheral biofeedback are recommended.

scholarly journals Association of Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Depression with Restless Leg Syndrome in the Hemodialysis Patients

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahjabeen Yaseen ◽  
Furqan Ahmad Jarullah ◽  
Sadia Yaqoob ◽  
Hassan Abdullah Shakeel ◽  
Hamza Maqsood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Kidney Diseases ◽  
Hemodialysis Patients ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Restless Leg Syndrome ◽  
P Values ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Abstract ObjectivesRestless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is commonly known to cause morbidity in patients on hemodialysis, making them prone to chronic mental health illnesses such as depression and anxiety, and also adversely impact quality of life. In this study, we examined the association of quality of life, anxiety, and depression with restless leg syndrome in the hemodialysis patients at Karachi Institute of Kidney Diseases. ResultsAbout 26.7% of the participants reported RLS among the sample size Presence of RLS was not associated with quality of life, depression, and anxiety. However, p-values <0.05 were significant for body-mass index (BMI), diabetes mellitus as a cause of end-stage renal disease, and serum albumin levels. Majority (82.5%) of the RLS-diagnosed patients had moderate to severe symptoms with 16 (40%) and 17 (42.5%) clients, respectively.

Use of the Harris and Lingoes Depression MMPI Subscales in Assessing Later Life

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3_part_2) ◽  
pp. 1291-1297
Author(s):  
Lee Hyer, Blaze Harkey ◽  
William R. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
T Score ◽  
Depressed Group

A profile of later life depression was developed. One hundred later life psychiatric inpatients were administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Beck Depression Inventory. These subjects were divided into depressed and nondepressed groups based on two criteria, an MMPI–-D T score ≥ 70 and a Beck score of 17. These two groups were compared on the MMPI Harris and Lingoes and Serkownek subscales and the Wiggins subscales. On 26 subscales depressed group were significantly higher than the nondepressed group. All but three of these 26 subscales were considered conceptually related to one of the five Harris and Lingoes-Depression subscales. This provided a profile of later life depression. There were also six subscales on which the nondepressed group was higher than the depressed group. These were distinctly nondepressive symptoms.

scholarly journals Association of quality of life, anxiety, and depression with restless leg syndrome in the hemodialysis patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahjabeen Yaseen ◽  
Furqan Ahmad Jarullah ◽  
Sadia Yaqoob ◽  
Hassan Abdullah Shakeel ◽  
Hamza Maqsood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Kidney Diseases ◽  
Hemodialysis Patients ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Restless Leg Syndrome ◽  
P Values ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Abstract Objectives Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is commonly known to cause morbidity in patients on hemodialysis, making them prone to chronic mental health illnesses such as depression and anxiety, and also adversely impact quality of life. In this study, we examined the association of quality of life, anxiety, and depression with restless leg syndrome in the hemodialysis patients at Karachi Institute of Kidney Diseases. Results About 26.7% of the participants reported RLS among the sample size Presence of RLS was not associated with quality of life, depression, and anxiety. However, p-values < 0.05 were significant for body-mass index (BMI), diabetes mellitus as a cause of end-stage renal disease, and serum albumin levels. Majority (82.5%) of the RLS-diagnosed patients had moderate to severe symptoms with 16 (40%) and 17 (42.5%) clients, respectively.

scholarly journals Psychopathology and Personality Characteristics in Pathological Gamblers: Identifying Subgroups of Gamblers

2016 ◽  
pp. 68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helga Myrseth ◽  
Ståle Pallesen ◽  
Helge Molde ◽  
Odd E. Havik ◽  
Guy Notelaers
Keyword(s):  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Normal Range ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
Pathological Gamblers ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
The Mean

We examined psychopathology and personality characteristics among 62 pathological gamblers (49 men and 13 women; mean age 37.8 years), measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). The mean MMPI-2 profile of the present sample of gamblers was characterized by elevated scores on depression and psychasthenia (anxiety/tension). Latent class analysis revealed 3 separate latent clusters: one with MMPI-2 profiles within the normal range, one with a moderately elevated profile, and one with elevations on most of the clinical scales. We conclude that pathological gamblers are a heterogeneous group with different degrees of pathology and personality configurations; thus, one cannot talk about a general "gambler personality" as such. Interventions for pathological gamblers should therefore take into consideration the pattern and the level of psychopathology of the patients.

MMPI-2 in Child Custody Litigation

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Roma ◽  
Federica Ricci ◽  
Georgios D. Kotzalidis ◽  
Luigi Abbate ◽  
Anna Lubrano Lavadera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Custody ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Custody Evaluations ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Forensic Assessments ◽  
Child Custody Evaluations ◽  
Italian Women

In recent years, several studies have addressed the issue of positive self-presentation bias in assessing parents involved in postdivorce child custody litigations. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is widely used in forensic assessments and is able to evaluate positive self-presentation through its Superlative Self-Presentation S scale. We investigated the existence of a gender effect on positive self-presentation bias in an Italian sample of parents involved in court evaluation. Participants were 391 divorced parents who completed the full 567-item Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 during child custody evaluations ordered by several Italian courts between 2006 and 2010. Our analysis considered the S scale along with the basic clinical scales. North-American studies had shown no gender differences in child custody litigations. Differently, our results showed a significantly higher tendency toward “faking-good” profiles on the MMPI-2 among Italian women as compared to men and as compared to the normative Italian female population. Cultural and social factors could account for these differences.

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