Depression and quality of life of hemodialysis patients living in a poor region of Brazil Depressão e qualidade de vida entre pacientes em hemodiálise de uma região pobre do Brasil
OBJECTIVE: To determine the correlation between depression and quality of life (QOL) of patients in hemodialysis (HD). METHOD: One hundred and sixty six patients over 18 years of age who had been in HD for at least three months and had no history of transplant. QOL was assessed using the SF-36. To c...
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Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462011000400005 |