الاستجابة الاكتئابية لدى مرضى القصور الكلوي المزمن

Abstract

The current study aimed to identify whether patients with chronic renal failure suffer from a depressive response. The study cases were selected, which consist of (3) cases undergoing treatment at the Bashir bin Nasser Hospital institution "Biskra", who are limited to the ages of 36 to 55 years. To achieve the study goal, the clinical approach based on the case study was relied on, for its suitability to the nature of our study, where a set of tools were used to collect data on cases: the semi-directed clinical interview as well as the Beck scale for depression. The results of the study showed that patients with chronic renal insufficiency experience a depressive response and to different degrees