Key result
Anxiety symptoms are linked to higher all-cause mortality and 1-year hospitalization risk.
Why the study?
Anxiety symptoms are common and impair quality of life in dialysis patients, but their association with adverse clinical outcomes is largely unknown.
Are anxiety symptoms associated with increased mortality and hospitalization in patients receiving maintenance dialysis?
Population
687 maintenance dialysis patients across 10 centers in the Netherlands
Comparison
Presence and severity of time-varying anxiety symptoms
Design
Prospective cohort study
Follow-up
Median 3.1 (IQR, 3.0-3.5) years
Authors
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Anxiety symptoms identify higher-risk dialysis patients; leaves open whether screening or treatment improves mortality or hospitalization.
Cohort (n=687)
Yes
Are anxiety symptoms associated with increased mortality and hospitalization in patients receiving maintenance dialysis?
Anxiety symptoms are an independent and clinically relevant risk factor for mortality and hospitalization in patients receiving maintenance dialysis.
Schouten et al. (2019) conducted a cohort in Maintenance dialysis (n=687). Anxiety symptoms was evaluated on All-cause mortality, 1-year hospitalization rate, and hospital length of stay. Anxiety symptoms, present in 22% of patients, were independently associated with increased risk for all-cause mortality and 1-year hospitalization over a median 3.1 years.
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