Diabetic patients on hemodialysis.
In general, individuals who have a chronic illness must make major emotional and physical adjustments. Do patients forced to cope with two chronic conditions make these adjustments with greater difficulty or with increased ease? This study compared diabetic and nondiabetic patients having end-stage renal disease and examined how individuals already ill with diabetes adapt to the additional stress of hemodialysis treatment.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006278:Medicare; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014481:United States