Frequency of depressive symptoms in Syrian refugees and Turkish maintenance hemodialysis patients during COVID-19 pandemic

Introduction: Pneumonia of unknown cause was detected on 30 December 2019 in China. It was categorized as an outbreak and named as COVID-19 by the World Health Organization. The pandemic affects all people, but patient groups such as hemodialysis (HD) patients have been particularly affected. We do not know if refugees suffered more during the outbreak. In this study, we compared depressive symptom frequency between Syrian refugee HD patients and Turkish ones.

Methods: The study had a single-center, cross-sectional design. Demographic and clinical data were collected retrospectively from patients’ files containing details about past medical history, demographic variables and laboratory values. Validated Turkish and Arabic forms of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used to assess depressive symptoms. BDI scores were compared according to nationality, demographic features and clinical data. A BDI score more than 14 was accepted as suspicion of depression.

Results: 119 patients we...

引言：2019年12月30日，中国首次发现不明原因肺炎病例。该疾病被归类为突发公共卫生事件，并由世界卫生组织命名为COVID-19。这场大流行影响了所有人，但血液透析（HD）患者等特定患者群体受到的冲击尤为显著。目前尚不清楚难民在疫情期间是否遭受了更严重的影响。本研究旨在比较叙利亚难民血液透析患者与土耳其本土血液透析患者的抑郁症状发生率。

方法：本研究采用单中心横断面设计。研究人员通过回顾性分析患者病历文件，收集了人口统计学和临床数据，这些文件包含既往病史、人口统计学变量及实验室检查值的详细信息。研究使用了经过验证的土耳其语和阿拉伯语版本的贝克抑郁量表（Beck Depression Inventory, BDI）来评估抑郁症状，并根据国籍、人口统计学特征及临床数据对BDI评分进行了比较。BDI评分超过14分被视为存在抑郁嫌疑。

结果：119例患者我们...