3. Depression As a Predictor of Mortality and Hospitalization Among Hemodialysis Patients in the United States and Europe

4. Introduction

5. DOPPS Background

6. Methods (1)

7. Methods (2)

8. Prevalence of Depression Diagnosed by Physician and Self-reported Symptoms

9. Patient Demographic by Physician- diagnosed and Self-reported Depression

10. Patient Socioeconomic Factor by Physician-diagnosed and Self- reported Depression

11. Patient Comorbid Conditions by Physician-diagnosed and Self- reported Depression (1)

12. Patient Comorbid Conditions by Physician-diagnosed and Self- reported Depression (2)

13. Associations Between Baseline Patient Characteristics and Depression

14. Associations Between Baseline Patient Socioeconomic Factors and Depression

15. Associations Between Patient Comorbid Conditions and Depression (1)

16. Associations Between Patient Comorbid Conditions and Depression (2)

17. Patient Characteristics According to Physician-diagnosed and Self- reported Depression

18. Associations Between Patient Characteristics and Depression

19. Indicators of Depression and Mortality Risk*

20. Indicators of Depression and Risk of First Hospitalization

21. Frequency of Depressive Symptoms and Mortality Risk

22. Frequency of Depressive Symptoms and Hospitalization Risk

23. Conclusion

24. Acknowledgements