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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants at baseline

From: Effectiveness of a brief hope intervention for chronic kidney disease patients on the decisional conflict and quality of life: a pilot randomized controlled trial

 

Control (N = 37)

Experimental (N = 35)

Total

 

N %

N %

N %

P

Age (mean ± sd)

65.0 ± 11.0

68.4 ± 8.7

66.7 ± 11.9

0.231c

Gender

   

0.780b

 Male

21 (56.8)

21 (60.0)

42 (58.3)

 

 Female

16 (43.2)

14 (40.0)

30 (41.7)

 

Marital status

   

0.373a

 Single

4 (10.8)

8 (22.9)

12 (16.7)

 

 Married/cohabiting

29 (78.4)

21 (60.0)

50 (69.4)

 

 Separated/divorced

2 (5.4)

2 (5.7)

4 (5.6)

 

 Widowed

2 (5.4)

4 (11.4)

6 (8.3)

 

Educational attainment

   

0.745a

 No formal education

5 (13.5)

5 (14.3)

10 (13.9)

 

 Primary

8 (21.6)

11 (31.4)

19 (26.4)

 

 Secondary

22 (59.5)

18 (51.4)

40 (55.6)

 

 Postsecondary/tertiary

2 (5.4)

1 (2.9)

3 (4.2)

 

No. of diseases

   

0.700a

 0

5 (13.5)

3 (8.6)

8 (11.1)

 

 1

10 (27.0)

8 (22.9)

18 (25.0)

 

 2

13 (35.1)

12 (34.3)

25 (34.7)

 

 3

7 (18.9)

6 (17.1)

13 (18.1)

 

 4 or more

2 (5.4)

6 (17.1)

8 (11.1)

 

Heart disease

 Yes

5 (13.5)

6 (17.1)

9 (12.5)

 

Hypertension

   

0.483b

 Yes

27 (73.0)

28 (80.0)

55 (76.4)

 

Diabetes

   

0.246b

 Yes

14 (37.8)

18 (51.4)

32 (44.4)

 

Cataract

   

0.430a

 Yes

5 (13.5)

2 (5.7)

7 (9.7)

 

Arthritis

   

0.900b

 Yes

8 (21.6)

8 (22.9)

16 (22.2)

 

Perceived current quality of life

   

0.140a

 Very poor

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 Poor

3 (8.1)

2 (5.7)

5 (6.9)

 

 Neutral

22 (59.5)

14 (40.0)

36 (50.0)

 

 Good

11 (29.7)

13 (37.1)

24 (33.3)

 

 Very good

1 (2.7)

6 (17.1)

7 (9.7)

 

Perceived current health condition

   

0.899a

 Very poor

0 (0.0)

1 (2.9)

1 (1.4)

 

 Poor

9 (24.3)

9 (25.7)

18 (25.0)

 

 Neutral

18 (48.6)

14 (40.0)

32 (44.4)

 

 Good

9 (24.3)

10 (28.6)

19 (26.4)

 

 Very good

1 (2.7)

1 (2.9)

2 (2.8)

 
  1. aFisher's Exact test
  2. bχ.2 test
  3. cT-test