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Table 1 Baseline characteristics (N = 216)

From: Development and testing of the hemodialysis symptom distress scale (HSD-22) to identify the symptom cluster by using exploratory factor analysis

Variables n (%)
Age (mean ± SD) 63 ± 12.75
Sex
 Male 96 (44.4%)
 Female 120 (55.6%)
Marital status
 Married 324 (86.2%)
 Single 47 (12.5%)
 Widowed 2 (0.5%)
 Divorced 1 (0.3%)
 Unknown 2 (0.5%)
Education
 Elementary school or less 116 (53.7%)
 High school diploma 74 (34.3%)
 College degree 26 (12.0%)
  1. SD standard deviation
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