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Sad or Blue
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Transplant and peritoneal
dialysis may be about
the same.
Studies show people on each treatment
feel just as sad or blue.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant may be about
the same or better than
in-center hemodialysis.
Studies show some people on
hemodialysis feel just as sad or blue
as people with a transplant. Others
on hemodialysis feel a lot more sad
or blue.
Here’s what one study showed:
Peritoneal dialysis may be
about the same or better
than in-center hemodialysis.
Studies show some people on
hemodialysis feel just as sad or blue
as people on peritoneal dialysis. Others
on hemodialysis feel a little more sad
or blue.
Here’s what one study showed:
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In-center
Hemodialysis
Transplant
Peritoneal
Dialysis
Transplant
l e a s t mo s t
How sad or blue people felt
l e a s t mo s t
How sad or blue people felt
In one study, people on each treatment felt just as sad or blue.
In one study, people on each treatment felt just as sad or blue.
Peritoneal
Dialysis
In-center
Hemodialysis
25 out of 100 people on
peritoneal dialysis felt sad or blue.
25 out of 100 people on in-center
hemodialysis felt sad or blue.
= 1 person who felt sad or blue
= 1 person who did not feel sad or blue
= 1 person who felt sad or blue
= 1 person who did not feel sad or blue
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