Table 3 Distribution of patients' characteristics by their adherence status medications and hemodialysis (N = 205)
Characteristics | n | Medical adherence during COVID-19 Pandemic no. (row %) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adherent (n = 165) | Non-adherent (n = 40) | |||
Age (years) mean (SD) | 205 | 47.4 (18.6) | 39.6 (17.7) | 0.145 |
Gender | ||||
Male | 131 | 107 (81.7%) | 24 (18.3%) | 0.567 |
Female | 74 | 58 (78.4%) | 16 (21.6%) | |
Marital status | ||||
Single | 56 | 40 (71.4%) | 16 (28.6%) | 0.123 |
Married | 134 | 113 (84.3%) | 21 (15.7%) | |
Divorced or Widowed | 15 | 12 (80.0%) | 3 (20.0%) | |
Number of offspring | ||||
None | 68 | 52 (76.5%) | 16 (23.5%) | 0.382 |
1 – 2 | 52 | 45 (86.5%) | 7 (13.5%) | |
More than 2 | 85 | 68 (80.0%) | 17 (20.0%) | |
Education | ||||
Illiterate | 20 | 14 (70.0%) | 6 (30.0%) | 0.606 |
Basic education or Less | 27 | 22 (81.5%) | 5 (18.5%) | |
Secondary education | 102 | 82 (80.4%) | 20 (19.6%) | |
College and above | 56 | 47 (83.9%) | 9 (16.1%) | |
Employment | ||||
Retired/ not working | 112 | 90 (80.4%) | 22 (19.6%) | 0.771 |
Housewives | 20 | 15 (75.0%) | 5 (25.0%) | |
Employed | 73 | 60 (82.2%) | 13 (17.8%) | |
Residence | ||||
Urban | 142 | 115 (81.0%) | 27 (19.0%) | 0.787 |
Rural | 63 | 50 (79.4%) | 13 (20.6%) | |
Number of Comorbid conditions | ||||
None | 63 | 46 (73.0%) | 17 (27.0%) | 0.195 |
Single | 77 | 65 (84.4%) | 12 (15.6%) | |
Multiple | 65 | 54 (83.1%) | 11 (16.9%) | |
Health Insurance Plan | ||||
Social health insurance | 71 | 59 (83.1%) | 12 (16.9%) | 0.788 f |
Private health insurance | 61 | 49 (80.3%) | 12 (19.7%) | |
State expense | 70 | 54 (77.1%) | 16 (22.9%) | |
Out-of-Pocket | 3 | 3 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Duration of HD (years); mean (SD) | 205 | 6.6 (5.5) | 6.5 (4.8) | 0.701 |
How he/she reached the center? | ||||
Public transportation | 117 | 96 (82.1%) | 21 (17.9%) | 0.515 |
Private transportation | 88 | 69 (78.4%) | 19 (21.6%) | |
Who accompanied the patient to HD center? | ||||
None | 121 | 96 (79.3%) | 25 (20.7%) | 0.478 |
Family member | 70 | 59 (84.3%) | 11 (15.7%) | |
Friend/ others | 14 | 10 (71.4%) | 4 (28.6%) | |
History of COVID-19 | 25 | 14 (56.0%) | 11 (44.0%) | 0.002 * |
Fears-of-COVID Scale, mean (SD) | 205 | 18.0 (7.8) | 23.6 (8.8) | 0.000 * |
Adherence-related perception score, mean (SD) | 205 | 16.9 (1.9) | 15.7 (2.5) | 0.002 * |
Adherence-related understanding score, mean (SD) | 205 | 4.0 (0.1) | 3.7 (0.7) | 0.000 * |
Most Recent laboratory investigations, mean (SD) | ||||
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 205 | 10.0 (1.7) | 9.5 (2.2) | 0.108 |
Ferritin (μg/L) | 205 | 501.2 (318.3) | 484.1 (273.0) | 0.265 |
Calcium (mg/dl) | 205 | 8.6 (0.9) | 8.2 (1.2) | 0.069 |
PTH (ng/L) | 205 | 464.1 (429.4) | 389.0 (275.3) | 0.299 |
Predialysis Phosphorus (mg/dl) | 205 | 4.9 (1.3) | 5.1 (1.4) | 0.456 |
Predialysis Potassium (mg/dl) | 205 | 5.0 (0.8) | 5.1 (1.4) | 0.021 * |
Albumin (g/dl) | 205 | 4.1 (0.5) | 4.0 (0.5) | 0.329 |
Intradialysis weight gain (IDW), kg, mean (SD) | 205 | 2.7 (0.9) | 3.1 (1.0) | 0.070 |