Meal timing disruption in maintenance dialysis patients: associations with sleep quality and fatigue (opens in new tab)

BackgroundMaintenance dialysis patients frequently experience sleep disturbance and fatigue, which may contribute to disrupted eating timing, yet dialysis-specific evidence on meal timing disruption remains limited.MethodsWe conducted a single-center cross-sectional study among 383 adults receiving maintenance hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis at Jining Medical University Affiliated Hospital. Sleep quality, fatigue, and depressive symptoms were assessed with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Ind...