Living with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is causing the patients to feel depressed,
struggle with problems including physical, psychological, social economy and family. 20-30%
of ESRD patients are experiencing depression. Eclectic counseling is one of method to
decrease depression. This research aims to understand the effect of eclectic counseling on
depression. There were three ESRD patients with depression in Internal Medicine and
Hemodialysis Department in X Hospital Semarang. This research was conducted using
simgle case pre-experimental design. The data were collected through eclectic counselling
module and HRSD (Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression) scale. The data were not
normally distributed, thus wilcoxon sign rank testwas chosen as data analysis method. The
result showed there were significant difference of depression level in ESRD patients.
Depression level were lower after the counseling compared to before counseling. Eclectic
counseling has a significant contribution to reduce depression level of ESRD patients on
dyalisis in X Hospital Semarang.