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An Association between Residual Renal Function and Depression Symptoms in Haemodialysis Patients
Chilcot, J.; Wellsted, D.; Vilar, Enric; Farrington, Ken (2009)Background: The loss of residual renal function (RRF) and subsequent urine volume among haemodialysis (HD) patients may influence affect. Although RRF has been associated with improved patient outcome, its relationship ... -
Depression in End-Stage Renal Disease : Current Advances and Research
Chilcot, J.; Wellsted, D.; Farrington, Ken (2010)Depression or the presence of significant depressive symptoms remains common in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). It is thought that 20–30% of ESRD patients have significant depressive symptoms, although there ... -
Depression on dialysis
Chilcot, J.; Wellsted, D.; Da Silva Gane, M.; Farrington, Ken (2008)Depression is the most common psychopathological condition among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), yet it is still under-recognized and misdiagnosed. Depression reduces quality of life and has a negative clinical ... -
Illness perceptions predict survival in haemodialysis patients
Chilcot, J.; Wellsted, D.; Farrington, Ken (2011)Background : Illness perceptions have been shown to be important determinants of functional and psychosocial outcomes, including quality of life and treatment adherence in end-stage renal disease patients. The aim of this ... -
Illness representations are associated with fluid nonadherence among hemodialysis patients
Chilcot, J.; Wellsted, D.; Farrington, Ken (2010)Objective: Patients with end-stage renal disease are required to limit fluid and salt intake. We examined illness representations [common-sense model (CSM)] among a sample of hemodialysis (HD) patients, investigating whether ... -
Screening for depression while patients dialyse : an evaluation
Chilcot, J.; Wellsted, D.; Farrington, Ken (2008)Background: The lack of routine depression screening among the haemodialysis (HD) population may contribute to depression being under-recognised. While screening patients could be beneficial, the optimum screening procedure ... -
Still sad after successful renal transplantation : are we failing to recognise depression? An audit of depression screening in renal graft recipients
Spencer, B.W.; Chilcot, J.; Farrington, Ken (2010)Background: Depression is common in chronic physical illness, including renal graft recipients. There is evidence that depression is an independent marker of poorer prognosis in dialysis patients. In the UK, screening is ... -
Studies of Depression and Illness Representations in End-Stage Renal Disease
Chilcot, J. (2010-08-20)Depression is a substantial psychopathology encountered in the dialysis population yet its association with potentially modifiable psychological antecedents are not well known. Of these potential antecedents, individual’s ...