Emotional distress and health-related quality of life in patients on hemodialysis: the clinical value of COOP-WONCA charts.

Background: A significant percentage of patients on hemodialysis (HD) present with affective disorders such as anxiety and/or depression. The purpose of this study was to explore adaptive mixed affective disorders of patients on HD and to analyze the clinical value of a brief health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) instrument, the COOP-WONCA charts, in our population of HD patient.

Methods: Seventy-five patients (mean age 49.