Research Article

Depressive Symptomatology in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Undergoing Chronic Dialysis

Table 1

Correlation of high occurrence of depressive symptoms (score above 21 according to Birleson Scale) and absence of depressive symptomatology (score below 13) with clinical, demographic, and social variables.

Variable High occurrence of depressive symptoms Absence of depressive symptomsP
n%n%

Gender
 Female71001961.29 0.04
 Male001238.71

Provenance
 Lima571.431754.84 0.82
 Other cities228.571445.16

Attending school
 Yes14.351460.870.2
 No613.641738.64

Relationship age/level of education
 Yes457.141341.940.18
 No342.861858.06

Are you currently employed?
 Yes004800.49
 No711.292743.55

Socioeconomic level
 Extreme poverty39.381546.880.4
 No extreme poverty417.39834.78
 No poverty00866.67

Family
 Two-parent home48.511940.430.28
 One-parent home215.38861.54
 Others114.29457.14

Anemia
 Yes611.1117.690.16
 No2240.74969.23

Renal osteodystrophy
 Yes228.572270.970.16
 No571.43929.03

Dialysis type
 Hemodialysis28.331354.170.65
 Peritoneal dialysis511.631841.86

Peritonitis
 Yes158400.47
 No417.391043.48

Nutritional status
 Eutrophic0041000.4
 Mild chronic malnutrition216.67650
 Moderate chronic malnutrition28.7939.13
 Severe chronic malnutrition310.711242.86

Kt/V
 Acceptable571.432374.190.45
 Not acceptable228.57825.81

Friend to confide in
 Yes001754.840.03
 No71001445.16