Abstract
Background and Objectives
The chronic nature of thalassemia affects different aspects of patients' life and increases depression.The goal of the study was to determine depression and the affecting factors in patients with thalassemia major reffered to Saravan thalassemia center.
 
Materials and Methods
The population of this descriptive analytic study consisted of 60 thalassemic patients with the age range between 10 to 17 referred to Saravan thalassemia center; they were selected using the cenus sampling method. To collect data, the demographic and CDI questionnaires were used. Then, the data was analyzed by SPSS 23 with t-independent, one way anova test.
 
Results
Out of the total number of participants, 60% were female and 40% male. The mean age and and the depression score were 13.55 ± 1.89, 33.75 ± 5.43, respectively. The data analysis showed that all patients suffered from the varying range of depression. T independent test and one way anova test did not show a significant correlation with demographic information (p > 0.05).
 
Conclusions 
Thalassemia patients suffer from varying degrees of depression. Therefore, programs and strategies are recommended for adaptation with the negative impacts of depression and its reduction.