Is depression a risk factor for mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients? Depressão seria um fator de risco para mortalidade entre pacientes em hemodiálise crônica?

Is depression a risk factor for mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients? Depressão seria um fator de risco para mortalidade entre pacientes em hemodiálise crônica?

OBJECTIVE: The present study was conducted to assess the association between depressive symptomatology and mortality in chronic hemodialysis. METHOD: A cohort of 40 patients was followed for a median period of 10.5 months. The Beck Depression Inventory was used to classify patients as exposed to dep...

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Main Authors: Edgar C Diefenthaeler, Mário Bernardes Wagner, Carlos Eduardo Poli-de-Figueiredo, Paulo R Zimmermann, David Saitovitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2008-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Falência renal
Diálise renal
Modelo de riscos proporcionais
Depressão
Mortalidade
Kidney failure
Renal dialysis
Proportional hazards model
Depression
Mortality
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462008000200003

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