Table 5 Pain interference score by subgroups based on demographic and clinical characteristics

Age category(years)

 < 60

12 [0–26]

< 0.001^b

 ≥ 60

23.5 [9-42.5]

Gender

 Male

12 [0–28]

0.001^b

 Female

22 [6-32]

BMI category

 Underweight

0 [0-27.5]

< 0.001^a

 Normal

10.5 [0–25]

 Overweight

16 [1.5–30.5]

 Obese

24 [14-37]

Residency

 Refugee camp

29.5 [2-40]

0.027^a

 Village

16 [0–26]

 City

14 [2-41]

Living arrangement

 Alone

18 [0–22]

0.364^b

 With family

16 [0–31]

Educational level

 No formal education

27 [18–45]

< 0.001^a

 Primary school

25 [14-37]

 Secondary school

17 [0–31]

 High school

10 [0–21]

 University

8 [0–23]

Social status

 Single, divorced, or widowed

18 [2–45]

0.063^b

 Married

15.5[0–28]

Employment

 Unemployed

18 [2-31]

0.001^b

 Employed

5 [0-19.5]

Household income (month)

 < 2000 NIS

18.5 [6 − 3]

0.005^a

 2000–4999 NIS

12 [0-28.5]

 ≥ 5000 NIS

7 [2.5–14]

Dialysis vintage (years)

 < 4

13 [0–28]

0.012^b

 ≥ 4

21 [5-37]

Dialysis sessions per week

 ≤ 2

0 [0–11]

0.053^a

 3

8 [0–18]

 ≥ 4

15 [12-NA]

Dialysis sessions duration (hours)

 < 4

18 [0–31]

0.083^b

 ≥ 4

13.5 [0-22.5]

Previous kidney transplantation

 Yes

0 [0–17]

0.099^b

 No

8 [0–18]

Known cause for ESKD

 Yes

16 [0-30.5]

0.992^b

 No

17 [9-29]

Number of comorbidities

 None

2 [0–23]

< 0.001^a

 1

9 [0-18.5]

 2

17 [1.5–27]

 ≥ 3

26 [12-40]

Number of chronically used medications

 < 4

11 [0-28.5]

0.575^b

 ≥ 4

17 [0–31]