The assessment of cognitive impairment in maintenance hemodialysis patients and the relationship between cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms

• DOI: 10.1111/sdi.13031
• Publication Date: 2021-11-02T10:06:33Z
• Authors: Jianan Feng; Xiangxue Lu; Shixiang Wang; Han Li
• Keywords: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Depression

Cognitive impairment and depression are common mental health problems in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). Previous studies have proven that cognitive were risk factors for poor prognosis MHD patients. However, the related of function association between still unclear. The purpose this study is to explore affecting evaluate relationship patients.This single-center, cross-sectional enrolled 160 depressive symptoms measured using Montreal Assessment (MoCA) Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), respectively.Cognitive was detected 58.1% Multivariate linear regression analysis showed age, level education homocysteine (HCY) independent influencing MoCA scores attention abstract thinking independently correlated PHQ-9 score after adjusting confounding CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicated HCY associated function, could affect