727600login-checkPsychological distress may be linked to poor self-management of chronic kidney disease |
By Shawn M. Carter
Psychological distress may be linked to poor self-management of chronic kidney disease, according to a recently published study of patients with CKD who were not on dialysis.
“Beginning with the diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) onward, patients are confronted with profound changes that require extensive emotional skills. An additional burden is adhering to disease self-management recommendations,” lead researcher Cinderella K. Cardol, PhD, of the health, medical and neuropsychology unit at Leiden University in The Netherlands, and colleagues wrote.
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727600login-checkPsychological distress may be linked to poor self-management of chronic kidney disease |