Women on hemodialysis have lower self-reported health-related quality of life scores but better survival than men.
Conclusions: Women on hemodialysis had more depression-related symptoms and poor self-reported HRQoL, but better survival than men. The sex difference in psychological and HRQoL issues deserves greater concern because this relates to clinical care and further study.
PMID: 22641579 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)