Social relationships and their impact on health-related outcomes in peritoneal versus haemodialysis patients: a prospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Denise Neumann,
Juliane Lamprecht,
Maxi Robinski,
Wilfried Mau,
Matthias Girndt
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfx361
Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , prospective cohort study , cohort , hemodialysis , cohort study , intensive care medicine , kidney disease
Social relationships are important determinants of health-related outcomes for patients with chronic conditions. However, the effects of social networks and social support on health outcomes of dialysis patients in different treatment modalities have been under studied.
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