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Table 1 Association between participant characteristics and self-management scores (N = 245)

From: Relationships between social capital, patient empowerment, and self-management of patients undergoing hemodialysis: a cross-sectional study

Variable

N(%)

M(SD)

F(t)

P

Age (years)

 < 30

24 (9.8)

55.63 (11.23)

F = 5.774

 < .001

 30–39

49 (20.0)

58.80 (11.83)

  

 40–49

36 (14.7)

56.36 (10.62)

  

 50–59

45 (18.4)

51.11 (9.67)

  

  ≥ 60

91 (37.1)

50.73 (10.86)

  

Sex

 Male

149 (60.8)

53.87 (10.71)

t = .259

.796

 Female

96 (39.2)

53.48 (12.15)

  

Educational level

 Middle school or less diploma

98 (40.0)

50.19 (10.68)

F = 10.008

 < .001

 High school diploma or graduate equivalency diploma

69 (28.2)

54.45 (10.21)

  

 College school or higher diploma

78 (31.8)

57.50 (11.69)

  

Duration of dialysis (years)

 < 1

101 (41.2)

54.47 (12.28)

F = .484

.694

 1–4

103 (42.0)

53.65 (10.21)

  

 5–9

31 (12.7)

52.39 (11.18)

  

 ≥ 10

10 (4.1)

51.00 (12.28)

  

Comorbidities

 Yes

207 (84.5)

53.46 (11.24)

t =—.840

.402

 No

38 (15.5)

55.13 (11.51)

  
  1. M, mean score SD, standard deviation. Comorbidities refer to those diseases that accompany with ESRD and that can reduce the survival rates and quality of life of patients [15, 16]