Table 1.
Relationship between demographic characteristics and sleep quality in hemodialysis patients
| Sleep quality | Total | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||
| Poor | Good | |||
| Age*(years) | 61.65±13.02 | 51.12±12.90 | 60.01±13.52 | <0.001 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 64.4 | 76 | 66.3 | 0.26 |
| Female | 35.6 | 24 | 33.7 | |
| Education status | ||||
| Uneducated | 31.1 | 4 | 26.9 | <0.001 |
| Under diploma | 47.4 | 36 | 45.6 | |
| Diploma | 15.6 | 40 | 19.4 | |
| University | 5.9 | 20 | 8.1 | |
| Occupation status | ||||
| Employed | 25.2 | 20 | 24.4 | 0.58 |
| Unemployed | 74.8 | 80 | 75.6 | |
| Cigarette smoking | ||||
| Yes | 13.3 | 20 | 14.4 | 0.38 |
| No | 86.7 | 80 | 85.6 | |
| Cause of ESRD | ||||
| Hypertension | 22.2 | 28 | 23.1 | 0.15 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 21.5 | 20 | 21.3 | |
| Hypertension–diabetes | 31.1 | 20 | 29.4 | |
| Unknown | 25.2 | 32 | 26.2 | |
| Disease duration (years) | 6.47±6.28 | 5.84±4.43 | 6.37±6.02 | 0.63 |
| Kt/V | 1.52±0.29 | 1.53±0.26 | 1.52±28 | 0.92 |
| Urea reduction ratio | 71.44±9.07 | 72.28±8.01 | 71.58±8.90 | 0.67 |
Values in the table are mean±SD for continuous variables and percentage for categorical variables, P values were obtained from an independent-samples t-test for continuous variables and a Chi-square test for categorical ones. P<0.05 is considered significant