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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