Impact of Depression on Patients With Hemophilia: A Retrospective Case-Control Research

Background: Hemophilia is an inherited recessive hemorrhagic disorder of the X-linked type, suffered by the male sex. Adults with hemophilia are coping with numerous diagnostics, associated comorbidities, pain, and difficult gait by arthropathy in ankles and feet. Physical pains contribute to depres...

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Autores: Jiménez-Cebrián, Ana María, Palomo-López, Patricia, Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Ricardo, Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena, Navarro-Flores, Emmanuel, San-Antolín, Marta, Calvo-Lobo, César, Lopez-Lopez, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BURJC-Digital. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
OAI Identifier:oai:burjcdigital.urjc.es:10115/40652
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10115/40652
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Beck Depression Inventory
depression
foot health
healthy
hemophilia
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Sumario:Background: Hemophilia is an inherited recessive hemorrhagic disorder of the X-linked type, suffered by the male sex. Adults with hemophilia are coping with numerous diagnostics, associated comorbidities, pain, and difficult gait by arthropathy in ankles and feet. Physical pains contribute to depression in patients with hemophilia. Purpose: The study aimed to assess the impact of depression in adult patient with hemophilia and to compare it with healthy matched-paired controls. Methods: The sample consisted of 100 participants (median age 42.50 ± 30). Patients with hemophilia were recruited from Spanish Hemophiliac Associations (n = 50) and healthy subjects (n = 50) from a Clinic Podiatry Practices (University of Malaga, Spain). Results: Results and categories of the Spanish-translated version of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were gathered. A clear statistically significant difference (p < 0.001) was presented in the variation of the BDI scores between both groups. Patients with hemophilia presented w