Table 4 Pain severity score by subgroups based on demographic and clinical characteristics

Age category (years)

 < 60

7 [0–16]

0.001^b

 ≥ 60

10 [0–24]

Gender

 Male

6 [0–16]

0.001^b

 Female

10 [3-21]

BMI category

 Underweight

0 [0–16]

< 0.001^a

 Normal

4 [0–12]

 Overweight

6 [0–21]

 Obese

16 [8-22]

Residency

 Refugee camp

13 [0–23]

0.199^a

 Village

8 [0–16]

 City

8 [0–22]

Living arrangement

 Alone

7 [0–12]

0.412^b

 With family

9 [0–18]

Educational level

 No formal education

16 [10-26]

0.003^a

 Primary school

10 [5-23]

 Secondary school

9 [0–20]

 High school

5 [0–16]

 University

5 [0–15]

Social status

 Single, divorced, or widowed

10 [0–26]

0.092^b

 Married

8 [0–16]

Employment

 Unemployed

9 [0–16]

0.004^b

 Employed

0 [0–16]

Household income (month)

 < 2000 NIS

10 [0–21]

0.009^a

 2000–4999 NIS

7 [0–16]

 ≥ 5000 NIS

0 [0–7]

Dialysis vintage (years)

 < 4

8 [0–17]

0.111^b

 ≥ 4

10 [0–20]

Dialysis sessions per week

 ≤ 2

0 [0–11]

0.136^b

 3

8 [0–18]

 ≥ 4

15 [12-NA]

Dialysis sessions duration (hours)

 < 4

9 [0–18]

0.144^b

 ≥ 4

7 [0–11]

Previous kidney transplantation

 Yes

0 [0–17]

0.327^b

 No

8 [0–18]

Known cause for ESKD

 Yes

8 [0–18]

0.903^b

 No

10 [1-18]

Number of comorbidities

 None

1.5 [0–9]

< 0.001^a

 1

5 [0–13]

 2

9 [0–16]

 ≥ 3

16 [3-25]

Number of chronically used medications

 < 4

6 [0–12]

0.535^b

 ≥ 4

8 [0–18]