Postdialysis recovery time is extended in patients with greater self-reported depression screening questionnaire scores

Most patients take time to recover after a hemodialysis (HD) session. It has been suggested that recovery time is associated with intradialytic hypotension and rapid solute clearances. Other studies have reported a linkage to depression. We investigated the association between recovery time and intradialytic hypotension and depression.In five UK HD units, we screened for depressive symptoms using the Beck depression inventory-II, Patient Health...