Table 3 Comparisons between depressed and non-depressed patients
From: Social adaptability and substance abuse: Predictors of depression among hemodialysis patients?
Variables | Depressed | Non-depressed | P |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
Male | 17 (47.2) | 71 (65.1) | 0.076 |
Female | 19 (52.8) | 38 (34.9) | |
Age | 47.0 ±14.6 | 48.5 ± 16.0 | 0.627 |
Diabetes | |||
Yes | 7 (19.4) | 12 (11.0) | 0.253 |
No | 29 (80.6) | 97 (89.0) | |
Time on dialysis (months) | 54.3 ± 48.3 | 55.1 ± 50.5 | 0.384 |
Social Adaptation Index | 6.1 ± 1.6 | 6.2 ± 1.9 | 0.901 |
Social Adaptation Index without the substance abuse item | 5.8 ± 1.9 | 6.0 ± 2.2 | 0.793 |
Substance abuse | |||
Yes | 5 (13.9) | 15 (13.8) | 1.000 |
No | 31 (86.1) | 94 (86.2) | |
Depression score | 30.9 ± 6.4 | 11.2 ± 6.5 | <0.001 |
Laboratory | |||
Hemoglobin | 9.6 ± 1.6 | 10.1 ± 1.7 | 0.162 |
Creatinine | 8.2 ± 2.3 | 8.9 ± 2.4 | 0.123 |
Albumin | 4.3 ± 0.4 | 4.4 ± 0.4 | 0.528 |
KtV | 1.8 ± 0.5 | 1.8 ± 0.4 | 0.437 |