Table 1 Sample characteristics
From: Social adaptability and substance abuse: Predictors of depression among hemodialysis patients?
Variables | |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 88 (60.7) |
Female | 57 (39.3) |
Age | 48.1 ± 15.6 |
Etiology of kidney disease | |
Glomerulonephritis | 47 (43.1) |
Hypertensive nephrosclerosis | 32 (29.4) |
Diabetic | 12 (11.0) |
Obstructive | 6 (5.5) |
Polycistc | 5 (4.6) |
Lups | 1 (0.9) |
Undetermined | 6 (5.5) |
Time on dialysis (months) | 53.4 ± 51.4 |
Social Adaptation Index | 6.21 ± 1.8 |
Social Adaptation Index | 5.97 ± 2.1 |
without the substance abuse item | |
Substance abuse | |
Yes | 20 (13.8) |
No | 125 (86.2) |
Depression | |
Yes | 36 (24.8) |
No | 109 (75.2) |
Laboratory | |
Hemoglobin | 10.0 ± 1.7 |
Creatinine | 8.7 ± 2.4 |
Albumin | 4.3 ± 0.4 |
Kt/V | 1.8 ± 0.4 |