Not Early Referral but Planned Dialysis Improves Quality of Life and Depression in Newly Diagnosed End Stage Renal Disease Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study in Korea

• Ji In Park ,

  ¶‡ JIP and MK contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

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• Myounghee Kim ,

  ¶‡ JIP and MK contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea, Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Science, Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea

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• Ho Kim,

  Affiliations Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

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• Jung Nam An,

  Affiliations Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

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• Jeonghwan Lee,

  Affiliations Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea

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• Seung Hee Yang,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Jang-Hee Cho,

  Affiliations Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea

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• Yong-Lim Kim,

  Affiliations Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea

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• Ki-Soo Park,

  Affiliations Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea, Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University of Medicine, Jinju, Korea

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• Yun Kyu Oh,

  Affiliations Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

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• Chun Soo Lim,

  Affiliations Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

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• Dong Ki Kim,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

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• Yon Su Kim,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

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• Jung Pyo Lee

  * E-mail: nephrolee@gmail.com

  Affiliations Clinical Research Center of End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, N-Bio, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

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