Table 1 Comparison of individual characteristics of patients in the two groups
Variable | Group | Statistical value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mHealth | Face-to-Face | t | df | p-value | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||||
Age (year) * | 45.2 (1.4) | 46.7 (1.5) | 0.70 | 68 | 0.486 | |
Duration of hemodialysis treatment (year) * | 3.2 (0.2) | 3.4 (0.2) | - | - | 0.341 | |
Dry weight (Kg) * | 71.6 (2.1) | 66.5 (2.2) | 1.62 | 68 | 0.108 | |
Variable | f (%) | f (%) | χ 2 | df | p -value | |
Sex ** | Male | 24 (49.0) | 25 (51.0) | 1 | 1 | 0.794 |
Female | 11 (52.4) | 10 (47.6) | ||||
Vascular access *** | Arterial-Venous fistula | 13 (56.5) | 10 (43.5) | - | 2 | 0.738 |
Arterial-Venous graft | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.6) | ||||
Catheter | 18 (47.4) | 20 (52.6) | ||||
Education *** | Elementary | 6 (17.1) | 10 (28.5) | - | 3 | 0.476 |
Guidance | 11 (31.4) | 12 (34.2) | ||||
High school | 13 (37.1) | 11 (31.4) | ||||
Academic | 5 (14.2) | 2 (5.7) | ||||