The Relationship between Symptom Management, Depression Status, and Spiritual Care Requirement in Hemodialysis Patients in Turkey: A Correlational Study

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between depression status, spiritual care needs, and symptom management in patients on hemodialysis. METHOD:. A previous study reported that spiritual health was one of the negative predictors of depression in hemodialysis patients (Upper: 0.90, Lower: 0.75, R2: 0.58) (24). based on the results of above study, the sample size was calculated using the G*Power software Version 3.1.9.7. Accordingly, it was found that the sample size should be at least 115 with a power of 0.80 and a margin of error of 0.05. The study sample included 119 individuals. The post hoc power of the study was 0.84. RESULTS: Upon correlation analysis, there was a moderate positive correlation between dry weight and BDI and a weak negative correlation between DSI and SCNI. The difference was statistically significant (p < 0.005) (Table 5). There was no significant relationship between other scale scores CONCLUSION: All HD patients had depressive traits. The spiritual care needs of these patients are much higher compared to average. The most important results of this study were that all HD patients had depressive symptoms, symptom burden was higher, and the need for spiritual care was higher.