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 3 WHOQOL-BREF, GHQ-28 and MHLC in HD and PD patients in early and later years of treatment.

WHOQOL-BREF domains	HD < 4 years of treatment(N = 39) M ± SD	HD > 4 years of treatment (N = 38) M ± SD	PD < 4 years of treatment (N = 41) M ± SD	PD > 4 years of treatment(N = 17) M ± SD	p-value
Physical	13.86 ± 3.16	11.95 ± 3.76	13.92 ± 2.87	13.07 ± 2.80	0.03*
Psychological	14.34 ± 3.02	12.29 ± 3.96	13.23 ± 3.01	13.64 ± 3.35	NS
Social relationships	13.88 ± 2.86	11.77 ± 4.05	14.13 ± 2.33	13.56 ± 2.54	0.00*
Environment	13.05 ± 2.64	12.65 ± 2.82	14.69 ± 1.76	14.05 ± 1.82	0.00*
Overall QoL/health	3.10 ± 0.97	2.88 ± 1.18	3.16 ± 0.79	3.11 ± 0.91	NS
GHQ – 28 subscales
Somatic symptoms	1.76 ± 0.52	1.94 ± 0.54	1.66 ± 0.52	1.78 ± 0.54	NS
Anxiety/insomnia	1.95 ± 0.68	1.87 ± 0.62	1.49 ± 0.54	1.49 ± 0.72	0.00*
Social dysfunction	2.22 ± 0.51	2.35 ± 0.43	2.17 ± 0.31	2.20 ± 0.47	NS
Severe depression	1.46 ± 0.64	1.64 ± 0.80	1.28 ± 0.53	1.32 ± 0.63	NS
Total score	1.85 ± 0.45	1.95 ± 0.50	1.65 ± 0.42	1.80 ± 0.48	0.04*
Health Locus of Control factors
Internal locus	27.82 ± 6.20	25.67 ± 7.33	25.10 ± 8.03	21.46 ± 8.41	0.04*
Chance	25.15 ± 8.33	23.59 ± 7.63	20.94 ± 8.87	28.40 ± 7.90	0.01*
Doctors	16.23 ± 2.42	15.43 ± 2.84	17.25 ± 1.35	16.26 ± 2.08	0.00*
Important others	12.38 ± 4.21	11.64 ± 4.43	12.51 ± 4.31	11.06 ± 5.76	NS

*p < 0.05; N = 135.
This table displays the results of One-Way ANOVA demonstrating differences between HD and PD patients classified into the categories of patients who recently commenced treatment and patients on long term treatment.

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