Depression and Quality of Life among the Chronic Kidney Disease Patients.

Background: Depression and other mental illness are very common among chronic kidney disease and also Quality of life has been found significantly impaired in chronic kidney disease. The objective of our study is to study Depression, Quality of life and its associations in chronic kidney disease.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study.

Nepali Version of Geriatric Depression Scale-15 - A Reliability and Validation Study.

Background: Geriatric depression is a significant problem in both the developed and the developing world. To identify this condition, Geriatric Depression Scale has been used in different languages and cultural settings; it has proved to be a reliable and valid instrument. However, the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 version in Nepali has so far not been validated.