Table 3 Questionnaire dimension scores stratified according to demographic and clinical characteristics
Characteristic | Knowledge | Attitude | Practice | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | P | Mean | SD | P | Mean | SD | P | |
Total score | 19.33 | 7.07 | 28.77 | 3.58 | 43.57 | 6.53 | |||
Gender | 0.708 | 0.158 | 0.550 | ||||||
Male | 19.33 | 7.45 | 28.53 | 3.60 | 43.31 | 6.73 | |||
Female | 19.35 | 6.42 | 29.17 | 3.53 | 43.99 | 6.18 | |||
Age | < 0.001 | 0.141 | 0.346 | ||||||
< 45 years-old | 22.40 | 7.18 | 28.84 | 4.01 | 43.10 | 7.30 | |||
45–65 years-old | 19.38 | 6.67 | 28.55 | 3.49 | 43.44 | 6.21 | |||
≥ 65 years-old | 17.53 | 7.07 | 28.10 | 3.48 | 44.04 | 6.58 | |||
Area of residence | 0.589 | 0.032 | 0.264 | ||||||
Rural | 18.60 | 6.92 | 28.45 | 2.67 | 42.42 | 6.57 | |||
Urban | 19.46 | 6.81 | 28.95 | 3.68 | 43.73 | 6.51 | |||
Suburban | 19.19 | 9.17 | 27.68 | 3.59 | 43.60 | 6.65 | |||
Education | < 0.001 | 0.276 | 0.334 | ||||||
Below primary school | 16.09 | 7.69 | 28.57 | 3.15 | 43.22 | 7.79 | |||
Middle/high/secondary school | 19.17 | 6.75 | 28.70 | 3.58 | 43.35 | 6.30 | |||
College/bachelor’s degree or above | 22.43 | 6.25 | 29.17 | 3.93 | 44.51 | 6.06 | |||
Income, RMB/year | 0.079 | 0.458 | 0.159 | ||||||
< 10,000 | 18.39 | 7.52 | 28.88 | 3.58 | 43.15 | 7.26 | |||
10,000–20,000 | 19.43 | 6.86 | 28.09 | 3.25 | 42.78 | 6.06 | |||
20,000–30,000 | 19.04 | 6.66 | 28.74 | 3.29 | 45.50 | 5.53 | |||
> 30,000 | 20.41 | 6.69 | 29.02 | 3.82 | 43.87 | 6.09 | |||
Home living | < 0.001 | 0.576 | 0.072 | ||||||
Living alone | 16.42 | 7.00 | 28.75 | 3.33 | 42.19 | 7.80 | |||
Not living alone | 19.99 | 6.92 | 28.80 | 3.64 | 43.90 | 6.18 | |||
Marital status | 0.264 | 0.598 | 0.073 | ||||||
Unmarried | 20.09 | 8.71 | 28.30 | 3.71 | 42.15 | 7.77 | |||
Married | 19.35 | 6.94 | 28.84 | 3.59 | 43.85 | 6.39 | |||
Other | 18.43 | 6.39 | 28.66 | 3.41 | 42.55 | 6.17 | |||
Hemodialysis duration, years | 0.078 | 0.567 | < 0.001 | ||||||
< 1 | 21.07 | 5.59 | 28.98 | 3.56 | 46.90 | 5.99 | |||
1–2 | 19.86 | 7.96 | 29.10 | 2.69 | 43.12 | 5.79 | |||
2–5 | 20.21 | 6.64 | 28.94 | 3.67 | 45.24 | 6.00 | |||
> 5 | 18.73 | 7.17 | 28.67 | 3.68 | 42.70 | 6.63 | |||
Cause of uremia | < 0.001 | 0.215 | 0.970 | ||||||
Glomerulonephritis | 21.87 | 6.39 | 28.58 | 3.54 | 43.58 | 5.99 | |||
Metabolic disease | 18.94 | 6.93 | 29.13 | 3.57 | 43.58 | 6.50 | |||
Hereditary kidney disease | 16.86 | 6.31 | 28.69 | 3.69 | 43.69 | 7.81 | |||
Other | 18.65 | 7.70 | 28.15 | 3.55 | 43.58 | 5.99 | |||
Vascular access | 0.001 | 0.423 | 0.987 | ||||||
Arteriovenous fistula | 19.85 | 7.08 | 28.74 | 3.61 | 43.52 | 6.68 | |||
Arteriovenous graft | 16.88 | 6.54 | 28.78 | 3.42 | 43.96 | 5.57 | |||
Brachial artery superficialization / direct radial artery puncture | 18.33 | 7.29 | 29.67 | 3.89 | 43.00 | 7.30 | |||