Burden of mental health symptoms and perceptions of their management in in-centre hemodialysis care: a mixed methods study

We aimed to describe (1) depressive and anxiety symptom burdens reported by adults on in-centre hemodialysis in Northern Alberta, Canada and (2) patients' and nurses' perceptions of managing such symptoms using routine patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).A longitudinal mixed methods approach was employed. Cluster randomized controlled trial data exposed the prevalence of positive screens (scores ≥ 3) for depressive (PHQ-2) and anxiety...