Impact of frequent intradialytic hypotension on quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis

BMC Nephrology

Table 3 Overall difference in QoL between patients with or without frequent IDH at baseline

	Overall test	F value	P value
Symptoms and discomfort of kidney disease	Group (With or without frequent IDH) ^a	8.26	0.0041
Symptoms and discomfort of kidney disease	Group ×visit time interaction effect^b	0.53	0.8942
Impact of kidney disease for life	Group (With or without frequent IDH) ^a	7.19	0.0074
Impact of kidney disease for life	Group ×visit time interaction effect^b	0.30	0.9900
Burden kidney disease brings on life	Group (With or without frequent IDH) ^a	0.61	0.4365
	Group ×visit time interaction effect^b	0.94	0.5005
Physiological health	Group (With or without frequent IDH) ^a	5.39	0.0203
	Group ×visit time interaction effect^b	0.61	0.8364
Mental health	Group (With or without frequent IDH) ^a	0.27	0.6019
Mental health	Group ×visit time interaction effect^b	1.42	0.1474

a: Overall comparisons of mean QoL scores between the two groups; b: Tests for the interaction of the between-group difference and time

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