Depression and Physical Frailty Have Additive Effect on the Nutritional Status and Clinical Outcome of Chinese Peritoneal Dialysis

• Main Authors: Cheuk-Chun Szeto (Author), Gordon Chun-Kau Chan (Author), Jack Kit-Chung Ng (Author), Kai-Ming Chow (Author), Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan (Author), Phyllis Mei-Shan Cheng (Author), Vickie Wai-Ki Kwong (Author), Man-Ching Law (Author), Chi-Bon Leung (Author), Philip Kam-Tao Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: Frailty and depression both contribute to malnutrition and adverse clinical outcome of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. However, their interaction is incompletely defined. Methods: We studied 178 adult Chinese PD patients. Physical frailty was assessed by a validated in-house ques...