Baseline characteristics a | Patients (n = 72) |
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Patient factors | |
 Age (years) | 59 (47–67.5) |
 Sex (male) | 38 (52.8) |
 Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.8 (21.7–29.8) |
 Educational level | |
  Illiterate | 30 (41.7) |
  Preparatory school and below | 25 (34.7) |
  High school and above | 17 (23.6) |
 Marital status (married)  | 55 (76.4) |
 Employed  | 12 (16.7) |
 Smokingb | 7 (9.7) |
 Caregiver | 24 (33.3) |
Clinical factors | |
 Longevity on dialysis (> 5 years) | 31 (43) |
 Recent hospitalization | 8 (11.1) |
 Diabetes | 38 (52.8) |
 Hypertension | 65 (90.3) |
 Ischemic heart disease | 16 (22.2) |
 Heart failurec | 4 (5.6) |
 Cerebrovascular infarction | 10 (13.9) |
 Peripheral vascular diseasec | 9 (12.5) |
 Atrial fibrillation | 5 (6.9) |
 Dementia | 2 (2.8) |
 Previous history of kidney transplant | 2 (2.8) |
 Hepatitis B | 4 (5.6) |
 Hepatitis C | 8 (11.1) |
 Parathyroid adenoma | 7 (10%) |
Dialysis-related factors | |
 Access of dialysis: arteriovenous fistula | 33 (45.8) |
 Adequacy of dialysis: (Kt/V) c | 1.58 ± 0.33 |
 Intra-dialytic weight gain to dry body weight percentage | 3.4 (2.5–5) |
 Pre-dialysis phosphate (mmol/L) | 1.45 (1.5–1.8) |
 Intact parathyroid hormone (pg/mL) | 545 (361–1236) |
Medication-related factors | |
 Total pill burden (electronic records) | 11.3 ± 5.5 |
 Daily tablet count (self-reported) | 7 (5–11) |
 Number of medications per patient (electronic records) | 7 (5–8) |