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Table 1 Participants’ demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Exploring factors associated with pain in hemodialysis patients: a multicenter cross‐sectional study from Palestine

Variable

Frequency (%); N = 300

Age category (years)

 < 60

182 (60.7)

 ≥ 60

118 (39.3)

Gender

 Male

166 (55.3)

 Female

134 (44.7)

BMI category

 Underweight

12 (4.0)

 Normal

96 (32.0)

 Overweight

113 (37.7)

 Obese

79 (26.3)

Residency

 Refugee camp

30 (10.0)

 Village

175 (58.3)

 City

95 (31.7)

Educational level

 No formal education

14 (4.7)

 Primary school

62 (20.7)

 Secondary school

81 (27.0)

 High school

67 (22.3)

University

76 (25.3)

Living arrangement

 Alone

19 (6.3)

 With family

281 (93.7)

Social status

 Single, divorced, or widowed

80 (26.7)

 Married

220 (73.3)

Employment

 Unemployed

235 (78.3)

 Employed

65 (21.7)

Household income (per month)

 < 2000 NIS

178 (59.3)

 2000–4999 NIS

109 (36 0.3)

 ≥ 5000 NIS

13 (4.3)

Dialysis sessions per week

 ≤ 2

21 (7.0)

 3

276 (92.0)

 ≥ 4

3 (1.0)

Dialysis vintage (years)

 < 4

196 (65.3)

 ≥ 4

104 (34.7)

Dialysis sessions duration (hours)

 < 4

258 (86.0)

 ≥ 4

42 (14.0)

Previous kidney transplantation

 Yes

13 (4.3)

 No

287 (95.7)

Known cause for ESKD

 Yes

281 (93.7)

 No

19 (6.3)

Number of comorbidities

 None

30 (10.0)

 1

77 (25.7)

 2

86 ( 28.7)

 ≥ 3

107 (35.7)

Number of chronically used medications

 < 4

10 (3.3)

 ≥ 4

290 (96.7)

Pain Severity

 Mild

219 (73.0)

 Moderate

38 (12.7)

 Severe

34 (14.3)

Pain interference

 Low

241 (80.3)

 High

59 (19.7)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index; ESKD end-stage kidney disease; NIS New Israeli shekel (1 NIS = 0.31 US Dollars)