Open AccessDepressed Mood, Usual Activity Level, and Continued Employment after Starting Dialysis
Author(s) -
Nancy G. Kutner,
Rebecca Zhang,
Yijian Huang,
Kirsten L. Johansen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.03980510
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , mood , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , psychiatry
When patients start dialysis, their employment rate declines and disability benefits are an option. With patient sociodemographic and clinical characteristics including disability income status controlled, we investigated the significance of depressed mood and usual activity level as predictors of patients' continued employment after dialysis start.