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. 2015 Oct 26;16:172. doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0170-x

Table 1.

Study assessments

Screening Psychiatric interview Entry to clinical trial 1-2 weeks 1 month 2 months 3 months 4 months 5 months 6 months
Informed Consent X X X
Inclusion/exclusion criteria fulfilled X X X
Demographics X
Co-morbid conditions (self-report) X
Charlson Co-morbidity Index [29] X X X X X X X
Brief psychiatric history X
BDI-II [23] X X
PHQ-9 [26] X X X X X X X X
P4 Suicidality Screener [33] X X X X
Psychiatric Assessment X X X X X
Montgomery- Asberg Depression Rating Scale [25] X X X X
Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview [24] X
List of medications X X X X X X X
Description of dialysis treatment X X X X X X X
Mid-week pre and post dialysis blood pressure X X X X X X X X
Dry weight X X X X X X X X
Adherence to dialysis treatment X X X X X X X X
Interdialytic weight gain X X X X X X X X
Urine volume per 24 h X
Dialysis adequacy Kt/V X X X X X X X X
Dialysis time X X X X X X X X
Urea & electrolytesa X X X X X X X X
Full blood countb X X X X X X X X
Liver function testsc X X X X X X X
Electrocardiogram X X X X
IMP review X X X X X X
Drug compliance X X X X X X X
Sertraline Plasma blood test X
Baseline assessment of signs and symptoms X
Adverse events X X X X X X X
Kidney Disease QoL questionnaire [30] X X X X
Euroqol EQ 5D questionnaire [22, 31] X X X X
Clinical Global Impression Severity Scale [28] X X X X
Clinical Global Impression Improvement Scale [28] X X X

aUrea, Creatinine, Calcium, Sodium, Potassium and Bicarbonate

bHaemoglobin, White blood cell count and platelets

cBilirubin, Albumin, Alanine transaminase (ALT), Aspartate transaminase (AST), Aspartate Aminotransferase, Calcium, Phosphate and C-Reactive Protein