Psychiatric observations on patients receiving dialysis treatment.

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Functioning in Dialysis Patients

“…Schreiner (41) was one of the first to describe uremic patients' drowsiness and sleepiness during the day. Later, Shea et al (42) remarked on the “soporific effects of dialysis,” an observation corroborated by Menzies and Stewart (43). More recent sleep‐related investigations conducted with dialysis patients also regard EDS as a significant complaint but rarely discuss the condition in any detail.…”

“…Subjective and Objective Features of EDS Schreiner (41) was one of the first to describe uremic patients' drowsiness and sleepiness during the day. (43). More recent sleep-related investigations conducted with dialysis patients also regard EDS as a significant complaint but rarely discuss the condition in any detail.…”

Psychological management and renal dialysis

“…Banik et al, 1974;Menzies et al, 1968;De Nour et al, 1968;Crammond et al, 1968;Wilson et al, 1968), but little has been written on the effects of hemodialysis on children because of the relative newness of this application. As in other chronic diseases affecting children, one of the overriding emotional factors for the child is the uncertainty that will dominate the many years of life ahead.…”

Limitations of Psychological Tests in a Dialysis Population

“…Cooperation may be considerably enhanced if subjects are persuaded that the purpose of the test is adequately reflected in the measuring instrument. This poses a difficult problem for dialysis researchers, due to the high level of denial exercised by dialysis patients (19)(20)(21)(22)(23). Questions designed to satisfy face validity requirements may often induce a negative set in patients who then subsequently deny experiencing the problems that the instrument supposedly measures.…”