Independent associations of alexithymia and social support with depression in hemodialysis patients

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-356

  Kojima, Masayo ^a   Hayano, Junichiro ^a,b   Tokudome, Shinkan ^a   Suzuki, Sadao ^a   Ibuki, Koichi ^c   Tomizawa, Hiroshi ^d   Nakata, Atsuro ^d   Seno, Hachiro ^d   Toriyama, Takanobu ^c   Kawahara, Hiroshi ^c   A Furukawa, Toshiaki ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital   (Japan)

^d Kaikoukai Central Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Depression; Hemodialysis; Prognosis; Prospective design; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34648837677     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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