Table 1 Sample characteristics
Variables | |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 105 (65.3) |
Female | 56 (34.7) |
Age | 50.3 ± 17.0 |
Economic class | |
A | 0 |
B | 9 (5.6) |
C | 91 (56.5) |
D | 56 (34.8) |
E | 5 (3.1) |
Marital status | |
Married | 118 (73.3) |
Religion | |
Catholic | 128 (79.5) |
Protestant or evangelical | 27 (16.8) |
No religion | 6 (3.7) |
End-stage renal disease etiology | |
Hypertension | 55 (34.2) |
Glomerulonephritis | 41 (25.2) |
Diabetes | 35 (21.7) |
Obstructive uropathy | 13 (8.0) |
Polycystic kidney disease | 6 (3.7) |
Lupus | 3 (1.9) |
Undetermined | 8 (5.0) |
Months on dialysis | 46.2 ± 51.5 |
Vascular access | |
Fistula | 130 (80.7) |
Catheter | 31 (19.3) |
Comorbidity (Khan index) | |
Low | 82 (50.9) |
Medium | 59 (36.7) |
High | 20 (12.4) |
Religious/spiritual scores (1–5) | |
Positive religious/spiritual coping score | 2.92 ± 0.55 |
Negative religious/spiritual coping score | 1.78 ± 0.42 |
Depression score (0-60) (cut off for depression ≥18) | 10.6 ± 9.4 |
Depression | |
Yes | 44 (27.3) |
No | 117 (72.7) |
Quality of life scores (0-100) | |
Physical function | 45.4 ± 28.8 |
Role-physical | 34.3 ± 38.2 |
Bodily pain | 61.7 ± 26.9 |
General health | 53.6 ± 21.8 |
Vitality | 62.7 ± 20.8 |
Social functioning | 69.3 ± 26.4 |
Role-emotional | 70.4 ± 64.5 |
Mental health | 75.2 ± 19.2 |
Laboratory findings | |
Creatinine level (mg/dL) | 8.4 ± 2.5 |
Hemoglobin level (g/dL) | 9.3 ± 2.2 |
Albumin level (g/dL) | 4.1 ± 0.4 |
Calcium-phosphorus product level (mg2/dL2) | 44.6 ± 10.1 |
Kt/V index | 1.7 ± 0.6 |