Association of depressive symptoms with 25(OH) vitamin D in hemodialysis patients and effect of gender.

Yasemin Coskun YavuzZeynep BiyikDurmus OzkulSedat AbusogluDuygu EryavuzMikail DagMuslu Kazim KorezIbrahim GuneyLutfullah Altintepe

Published in: Clinical and experimental nephrology (2019)

We found a significant association between vitamin D level and depressive symptoms in hemodialysis patients. When analyzed according to gender, this association was found to stand independent of other variables only in males.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
social support
mental health
sleep quality
physical activity