The Psychological Profiling of Hemodialysis Patients and its Parallel with Physiological Indicators in Hemodialysis

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INTRODUCTION 1.1. Introduction 1.2. End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) as a Platform for Psychological Research 1.3. The Unique aspects of Psychological effects relating to Physiological aspects of (ESRD) 1.4. Relevance of psychological research in specific to Hemodialysis (HD) 1.5. Need for the Present study 1.6. Kidney Disease and its Reach 1.6.1. End Stage Renal Diseases (ESRD) 1.6.2. Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) 1.6.3. Hemodialysis (HD) 1.7. The Backdrop of Psychological Factors in ESRD and HD 1.7.1. Depression and Anxiety 1.7.2. Illness Intrusiveness 1.7.3. Quality of Life 1.8. The Back drop of Psychosocial Factors in ESRD and HD 1.8.1. Creatinine 1.8.2. Serum Albumin 1.8.3. Intradialytic Weight Gain (IWG) 1.8.4. Physical performance 1.8.5. Prevalence of ESRD in India 1.9. The need for the psychological profiling of HD patients and its parallel with physiological Indicators. 1.10. Statement of Purpose,