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Health related quality of life and the CKD patient: challenges for the nephrology community by Finkelstein, Fredric O., Wuerth, Diane, Finkelstein, Susan H.

“…The compromised health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with chronic kidney disease is now well documented. The recent mandate by the Center for…”
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Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis: Patients’ Assessment of Their Satisfaction with Therapy and the Impact of the Therapy on Their Lives by Juergensen, Erika, Wuerth, Diane, Finkelstein, Susan H, Juergensen, Peter H, Bekui, Ambek, Finkelstein, Fredric O

“…This study was undertaken to examine patient satisfaction with peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) therapies, focusing attention on the positive and…”
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Time to Rethink Our Approach to Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for ESRD by Finkelstein, Fredric O, Finkelstein, Susan H

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Identification and treatment of depression in a cohort of patients maintained on chronic peritoneal dialysis by Wuerth, Diane, Finkelstein, Susan H., Ciarcia, James, Peterson, Roberta, Kliger, Alan S., Finkelstein, Fredric O.

“…Depression is the most commonly encountered psychological problem in patients with end-stage renal disease(ESRD). Depression has recently been shown to…”
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Assessing Fatigue in the ESRD Patient: A Step Forward by Finkelstein, Fredric O., Finkelstein, Susan H.

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Computerized adaptive technology for the assessment of HRQOL of PD and CKD patients by Finkelstein, Fredric O, Cimini, Monica, Finkelstein, Susan H, Kliger, Alan S

“…This study was designed as a pilot study to see whether electronic patient-reported outcome measures using computer adaptive technology (CAT) could be…”
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Sexual Inactivity among hemodialysis patients: the patients' perspective by Finkelstein, Fredric O, Finkelstein, Susan H

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Therapy Insight: sexual dysfunction in patients with chronic kidney disease by Finkelstein, Fredric O, Shirani, Shirin, Wuerth, Diane, Finkelstein, Susan H

“…Sexual dysfunction is common in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Sexual dysfunction in these patients should be thought of as a multifactorial problem…”
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Assessing and improving the health-related quality of life of patients with ESRD by Finkelstein, Fredric O., Arsenault, Kelli L., Taveras, Ana, Awuah, Kwabena, Finkelstein, Susan H.

“…In this Review, Finkelstein and colleagues discuss the effects of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and therapy on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of…”
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Depression and end-stage renal disease: a therapeutic challenge by Finkelstein, Fredric O., Wuerth, Diane, Troidle, Laura K., Finkelstein, Susan H.

“…Hedayati et al. document a 26.5% incidence of clinical depression and a strong association between depression and hospitalizations and mortality in…”
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Depression in chronic dialysis patients: assessment and treatment by Finkelstein, Fredric O., Finkelstein, Susan H.

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The identification and treatment of depression in patients maintained on dialysis by Wuerth, Diane, Finkelstein, Susan H, Finkelstein, Fredric O

“…The high incidence of depression in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients is well documented. Our group and others have estimated that 20-30% of ESRD…”
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Reassessment of the care of the patient with chronic kidney disease by Finkelstein, Fredric O., Finkelstein, Susan H.

“…The paper by Fischer et al. focuses attention on the striking prevalence of depressive symptoms in non-dialyzed chronic kidney disease patients. The presence…”
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An approach to addressing depression in patients with chronic kidney disease by Finkelstein, Fredric O, Wuerth, Diane, Finkelstein, Susan H

“…Depressive symptoms and clinical depression are commonly noted in patients with end-stage renal disease and chronic kidney disease (not on dialysis). This…”
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Spirituality, quality of life and the dialysis patient by Finkelstein, Fredric O., West, William, Gobin, Jaya, Finkelstein, Susan H., Wuerth, Diane

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The Impact of Anemia Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease in the Contemporary Era by Finkelstein, Fredric O., Finkelstein, Susan H.

“…The treatment of anemia with erythropoietic-stimulating agents is now part of the routine care of patients with CKD with guidelines for anemia management…”
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The elderly patient on CAPD: helping patients cope with peritoneal dialysis by Finkelstein, Fredric O, Afolalu, Bayode, Wuerth, Diane, Finkelstein, Susan H

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Effects of home hemodialysis on health-related quality of life measures by Finkelstein, Fredric O, Finkelstein, Susan H, Wuerth, Diane, Shirani, Shirin, Troidle, Laura

“…In recent years, there has been an increased interest in performing hemodialysis (HD) more frequently than thrice weekly, particularly in the home setting…”
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CKD education and treatment choice by Afolalu, Bayode, Finkelstein, Susan H, Finkelstein, Fredric O

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Patients' descriptions of specific factors leading to modality selection of chronic peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis by Wuerth, DB, Finkelstein, SH, Schwetz, O, Carey, H, Kliger, AS, Finkelstein, FO

“…New Haven CAPD, Renal Research Institute, New Haven, Connecticut, USA…”
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