The levels of on Depression, Hypochondriacs and Social introversion Scales at a sample of Renal Dialysis and Renal Transplant Patients in King Hussein Medical Center / Jordan

Abstract

The aims of study are to identify the differences between the patients of renal dialysis and the patients of renal transplant, pertaining to the level of depression, social introversion, and hypochondriacs. It is compared of 100 persons that are divided into two groups that can be shown as follows: (50) persons of renal dialysis and (50) persons of renal transplant. All persons were randomly selected from the unit of renal transplant and were interviewed separately. The next scales were applied to them: Depression Scale and Social introversion scale and hypochondrias are scale that was taken from the MMPI in 2014. The statistical program (SPSS) was used as squared (X²) where the results of the study indicated that there were statistically significant differences at (0.001) .The results are presented a radical differences between the patients of renal dialysis and the patients of renal transplant in the level of depression, social introversion and hypochondriacs for the category of less than 29 degree and more than 71 degree which represent the abnormal according to the scale at the (0.001). Meanwhile, they did not show a significant difference between the two groups with the category 30-70 that are indicating the normal.