A Study to Evaluate Psychological Distress and Self-Esteem Among Patients with Hemodialysis

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive disease that affects more than 800 million people worldwide, representing more than 10% of the global population. Significant relationship is seen between social and family support with self-esteem .

🔑 Key Findings

• It is more common in older people, women, and racial minorities, as well as in people with diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure.
• CKD has become one of the top causes of mortality worldwide, and is one of the few non-communicable diseases that have seen an increase in related deaths over the last few decades.
• The high number of affected people and the serious negative consequences of chronic disease should lead to increased efforts to improve prevention and treatment efforts.

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