According to a recent U.S statistics, one in five patients suffer from kidney disease has depression symptoms. Not only that, but also the study found that kidney patients with diabetes are twice as likely to be depressed as those without diabetes.

The study conducted at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and led by Dr. Susan Hedayati who found 57 kidney patients out of 272 undergoing a major depressive episode.

Depression also linked to other chronic disease such as diabetes and atherosclerotic vascular disease. The study suggests.

“Alternatively, patients such as diabetics, who are depressed, may develop progressive kidney disease because of non-adherence to medications and physicians’ advice,” Hedayati said in a statement.
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