HD Patients' Depression and Happiness

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The aim of the study is to verify the mediating effect of life of meaning and post-traumatic growth in spirituality and psychological well-being (happiness, depression).

Detailed Description
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The research design is cross-sectional correlational study. Convenient sampling will be used to conduct to data collection. There are 300 patients with hemodialysis from a hemodialysis institution in the north Taiwan, and data collecting with self-administrated questionnaires. The instruments include demographic and disease-related information, Spiritual Health Scale short form, Chinese Happiness Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory-II, Life Attitude Profile, Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. The SPSS 22.0 statistical software will be used to analyze the data. Descriptive statistics, such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation (SD) will be used for participant characteristics and outcome measures. T-test, chi-square, ANOVA, post-hoc, ANCOVA, and Person's correlation will be conducted to test the relationships between the research variables.

Official Title
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The Impacts of Spiritual Health on Depression and Happiness Among Hemodialysis Patients: the Moderator Effects of Life-meaning and Post-trauma Growth

Conditions
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Hemodialysis

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients who are over 20 years old voluntarily participate in the study and sign the respondent consent form have received routine hemodialysis treatment for more than three months have clear consciousness and can communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese. Exclusion Criteria: Patients whose medical records record a diagnosis of schizophrenia patients are taking antidepressant drugs

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 20 Years
Maximum Age: 90 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The status of spirituality among HD patients | Self-administrated questionnaire of Spiritual Health Scale short form was used to collect data. The score range is 24 to 120, and the higher score means higher spirituality. | 1 day | 
| The status of life-meaning among HD patients | Self-administrated questionnaire of Life Attitude Profile was used to collect data. The score range is 39 to 195, and the higher score means higher level of life-meaning. | 1 day | 
| The status of post-trauma growth among HD patients | Self-administrated questionnaire of Posttraumatic Growth Inventory was used to collect data. The score range is 0 to 105, and the higher score means higher level of post-trauma growth. | 1 day | 
| The status of depression among HD patients | Self-administrated questionnaire of Beck Depression Inventory-II was used to collect data. The score range is 0 to 63, and the higher score means higher level of depressive tendency. | 7 minutes | 
| The status of happiness among HD patients | Self-administrated questionnaire of Chinese Happiness Inventory was used to collect data. The score range is 0 to 30, and the higher score means higher level of happiness. | 1 day | 
| The mediating effect of life of meaning and post-traumatic growth | Using these scores form these scales (mention above) to verify the mediating effect of life of meaning and post-traumatic growth in spirituality and psychological well-being (including happiness, depression). | 1 day | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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depression, spirituality, happiness, post-trauma growth, life meaning