Quality of life, mental health and health beliefs in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients: Investigating differences in early and later years of current treatment

Table 2 Characteristics of HD and PD patients selected to form equivalent groups.

	HD N = 41 (46.06%)	PD N = 48 (53.9%)	p-value
Age (years)
Mean ± SD	65.34 ± 8.37	64.10 ± 10.36	NS
Gender
Male	21 (51.30%)	23 (47.90%)	NS
Female	20 (48.70%)	25 (52.10%)
Total	41 (100.0%)	48 (100.0%)
Marital status
Single	4 (9.75%)	6 (12.50%)	NS
Married	33 (80.48%)	38 (79.20%)
D/W/R*	4 (9.75%)	4 (8.30%)
Total	41 (100.0%)	48 (100.0%)
Education
0–9 years	29 (70.73%)	26 (54.16%)	NS
> 9 years	12 (29.27%)	22 (45.84%)
Total	41 (100.0%)	48 (100.0%)
Length of dialysis treatment (years)
Mean ± SD	4.15 ± 2.57	3.62 ± 2.00	NS

*D/W/R = Divorced/Widowed/Roommate
NS = p > 0.05
This table displays the results of the Independent-Samples T-Test demonstrating that there are no statistically significant differences between the HD and PD groups, including patients who were selected according to specified criteria of being in the initial stages of treatment and having similar socio-demographic characteristics.

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