Differences in mental health status during the COVID-19 pandemic between patients undergoing in-center hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The mental health of dialysis patients during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been modulated by dialysis modality. Studies comparing mental health of in-center hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients during the first 2 years of the pandemic are lacking.

Methods

We conducted repeated cross-sectional and multivariable regression analyses to compare the mental health of in-center hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients from March 2019 until August 2021 using data from the Dutch nOcturnal and hoME dialysis Study To Improve Clinical Outcomes. The study period was divided into one pre-pandemic and six 3-month pandemic periods (period 1-period 6). Mental health was assessed with the Mental Component Summary score of the 12-item Short Form health survey and men

SUBMITTER: Bouwmans P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10543747 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature