Why the study?
Do depression symptoms predict all-cause mortality and kidney transplantation in haemodialysis patients?
Population
707 haemodialysis patients
Comparison
Depression symptoms measured by Beck Depression… vs Lower or no depression symptoms
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean survival time 787.5 days
Authors
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Depression symptoms may flag higher-risk HD patients; leaves open whether treatment improves survival or transplantation.
Do depression symptoms predict all-cause mortality and kidney transplantation in haemodialysis patients?
Depression symptoms are an independent predictor of all-cause mortality, but not kidney transplantation, in haemodialysis patients.
Chilcot et al. (2017) studied this question.
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