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. 2021 Feb 13;6(5):1437-1443.
doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.02.004. eCollection 2021 May.

The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Depression and Mortality Among Urban Hemodialysis Patients

Aarthi Muthukumaran  1 , Gopalakrishnan Natarajan  1 , Dineshkumar Thanigachalam  1 , Sheik Alavudeen Sultan  1 , Dhanapriya Jeyachandran  1 , Sakthirajan Ramanathan  1
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The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Depression and Mortality Among Urban Hemodialysis Patients

Aarthi Muthukumaran et al. Kidney Int Rep. .
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Figure 1
Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials. HD, hemodialysis; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory score; SF-36, 36-Item Short Form Health Survey.
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Figure 2
Box-and-whisker plots of (a-h) 36-Item Short Form Health Survey and (i) Cousineau scores. As the quality of life scores decrease and self-perception of caregiver burden increases, there is worsening of severity of depression. (a) Physical functioning. (b) Role functioning/limitations due to physical health. (c) Energy/fatigue. (d) General health. (e) Bodily pain. (f) Emotional functioning/limitations due to emotional problems. (g) Social functioning. (h) Emotional well-being. (i) Cousineau score. The bottom and top of the boxes indicate the 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively, of the SF 36 and Cousineau scores. The horizontal line and cross-mark inside the boxes indicate the median and mean, respectively. The lower and upper whiskers indicate the minimum and maximum values, respectively. The circles represent the outliers.
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