Association between frailty and depression among hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Frailty is consensually understood to be a clinical syndrome in which minimal stressors can lead to negative outcomes such as hospitalization, early institutionalization, falls, functional loss and death. Frailty is more prevalent among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD...

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Main Authors: Diana Gabriela Mendes dos Santos, Layana Giselly Silva Ferreira, Joice Marques Pallone, Ana Carolina Ottaviani, Ariene Angelini Santos-Orlandi, Sofia Cristina Iost Pavarini, Marisa Silvana Zazzetta, Fabiana de Souza Orlandi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina 2022-04-01
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802022005007208&tlng=en