The Bridging the Gap Study

Reasoning behind the project:
People with chronic kidney disease often experience depression and anxiety, but we don’t yet fully understand how mental health, treatments, and social factors affect their kidney health over time.
What the project will do:
This study will use linked NHS health records to explore how patterns of depression and anxiety, antidepressant use, and factors like deprivation and ethnicity are related to kidney disease outcomes, including progression to kidney failure or death.