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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Yogic Breathing/Mindfulness Meditation e-Intervention on Symptoms and COVID-19–Associated Anxiety in Patients Receiving Dialysis

Jordan A Carver, Katharine L. Cheung

Journal of Palliative Medicine April 5, 2021 DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0161 (opens in new tab)

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Topics Anxiety Meditation
Key points The text states that end-stage kidney disease has a one-year mortality rate of 20%–25%, that incidence is expected to rise 11%–18% by 2030 relative to 2015, and that patients on dialysis experience a high burden of symptoms that are often unaddressed during treatment.

Abstract

Kidney failure, or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), is a life-altering condition, with a one-year mortality rate of 20%–25%, 1 and the incidence is expected to rise 11%–18% by 2030, compared with 2015 levels. 2 Patients with kidney failure experience a high burden of symptoms that are often unaddressed during their dialysis treatments. The COVID-19 pandemic

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