Prevalence of post-dialysis fatigue: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to synthesise data on the prevalence of post-dialysis fatigue (PDF) among haemodialysis (HD) patients.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, Chinese Biological Medical Database, PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Science were searched from their inception to 1 April 2022.

Eligibility criteria

We selected patients who must receive HD treatment for at least 3 months. Cross-sectional or cohort studies published in Chinese or English were eligible for inclusion. The main search terms used in the abstract were: "renal dialysis", "hemodialysis" and "post-dialysis", in combination with the word "fatigue".

Data extraction and synthesis

Two investigators independe

SUBMITTER: Dou J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277119 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature