Quality of life for kidney transplant recipients and hemodialysis patients in Palestine: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nephrology

Table 3 Adjusted differences in perceived HRQOL scores between kidney transplant recipients (n = 100) and hemodialysis patients (n = 272)

SF-36 dimensions	Group	β (BCa 95% CI)^a	Mean score (95% CI)
Physical functioning	KTRs	24.5 (18.5, 30.2)	72.1 (66.7, 77.6)
Physical functioning	HDPs	Ref	47.7 (43.9, 51.4)
Role-physical	KTRs	32.6 (24.0, 41.1)	67.8 (59.8, 75.7)
Role-physical	HDPs	Ref	35.2 (29.7, 40.6)
Bodily pain	KTRs	24.8 (18.2, 31.4)	79.6 (73.6, 85.5)
Bodily pain	HDPs	Ref	54.7 (50.7, 58.8)
General health	KTRs	32.4 (26.9, 38.3)	72.5 (67.2, 77.8)
General health	HDPs	Ref	40.1 (36.5, 43.7)
Physical component summary	KTRs	28.6 (23.6, 33.7)	73.0 (68.1, 77.8)
Physical component summary	HDPs	Ref	44.4 (41.1, 47.7)
Vitality	KTRs	20.5 (14.9, 26.6)	59.8 (54.6, 64.9)
Vitality	HDPs	Ref	39.3 (35.8, 42.9)
Social functioning	KTRs	15.5 (10.1, 20.7)	87.9 (82.2, 93.5)
Social functioning	HDPs	Ref	72.4 (68.5, 76.3)
Role-emotional	KTRs	29.5 (20.2, 39.7)	68.6 (59.8, 77.3)
Role-emotional	HDPs	Ref	39.0 (33.0, 45.1)
Mental health	KTRs	24.5 (17.5, 30.6)	73.7 (67.5, 79.8)
Mental health	HDPs	Ref	49.2 (45.0, 53.4)
Mental component summary	KTRs	22.5 (17.6, 27.5)	72.5 (67.7, 77.3)
Mental component summary	HDPs	Ref	50.0 (46.7, 53.3)

KTRs Kidney transplant recipients, HDPs Hemodialysis patients, SE Standard error, BCa Bias corrected accelerated, CI Confidence interval, Ref Reference category. ^aSF-36 HRQOL subscales and physical and mental component summary score estimates are adjusted for age group, gender, education level, and residential area

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