Illness perceptions predict mortality in patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease: a prospective observational study
Abstract Background Illness perceptions have been shown to predict a range of psychosocial and clinical outcomes in kidney disease; including quality of life, distress, treatment adherence and even survival in end-stage renal disease patients on dialysis. The aim of this study was to evaluate whethe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-12-01
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Series: | BMC Nephrology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-02189-7 |