Key result
Clinical depression in new dialysis patients is linked to ~24% higher mortality risk.
Why the study?
Depression is common in dialysis patients, but its clinical impact is poorly defined.
Is a clinical diagnosis of depression associated with an increased risk of death, severe infections, and MACE in patients commencing maintenance dialysis?
Cohort (n=14,850)
Is a clinical diagnosis of depression associated with an increased risk of death, severe infections, and MACE in patients commencing maintenance dialysis?
Hazard Ratio: 1.24 (95% CI 1.16–1.33)
Absolute Event Rate: 45.29% vs 39.52%
p-value: p=<0.001
In patients commencing maintenance dialysis, a clinical diagnosis of depression is associated with an increased risk of death and severe infections, but not major adverse cardiovascular events.
Supports depression assessment at dialysis initiation; leaves open whether interventions modify mortality or infection risks.
BACKGROUND: Depression is common in dialysis patients, but the clinical impact of this condition is poorly defined. METHODS: Out of 57,703 patients starting dialysis during 2000-2007 recorded in the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan, we identified 2,475 patients with a clinical diagnosis of depression, and compared them with 1:5 age- and sex-matched patients without a depression diagnosis (n = 12,375). Patients were followed up for hospitalisation due to severe infections, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and death. Multivariable Cox regression and competing risk analyses (accounting for death when appropriate) were used to estimate risk associations. RESULTS: Patients with depression had a higher frequency of comorbidities. During a mean follow-up of 3.2 years, 1,140 severe infections, 806 MACE, and 1,121 deaths were recorded. Compared to controls, patients with depression were at increased risk of death (adjusted hazard ratio 1.24; 95%CI 1.16-1.33). Patients with depression were also at higher risk of severe (1.14; 1.06-1.22) and fatal infections (death within 30 days, 1.22; 1.09-1.35), attributed mainly to sepsis (1.19; 1.08-1.31), septic shock (1.36; 1.13-1.62) and pneumonia (1.19; 1.07-1.33). Conversely, no association was observed between depression and the MACE risk (1.04; 0.94-1.15). CONCLUSION: Dialysis patients with depression are associated with increased risk of infections and death.
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Wu et al. (2019) conducted a cohort in End-stage renal disease commencing maintenance dialysis (n=14,850). Clinical depression vs. No depression diagnosis was evaluated on All-cause mortality (HR 1.24, 95% CI 1.16-1.33, p=<0.001). Clinical depression in patients commencing maintenance dialysis is associated with a 24% increased risk of death (HR 1.24) and a 14% increased risk of severe infections compared to matched controls.
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