Table 1.

The demographic variables and clinical characteristics of the patients and their association with death anxiety

Variables	Mean(SD) N(%)		Crud estimate			Adjusted estimates
			Coefficients	SE	P value	Coefficients	SE	P value
Age	56.75(15.21)		0.006	0.003	0.068	-	-	-
Number of siblings	3.7(1.90)		-0.07	0.03	0.010	-0.07	0.03	0.006
Duration of diagnosis	51.68(51.00)		-0.002	0.001	0.031	-0.003	0.001	0.003
Number of dialysis sessions	4(2.93)		0.42	0.19	0.026	0.42	0.18	0.020
Gender	Female	127(36.3)	-0.13	0.11	0.252	-	-	-
	Male	223(63.7)
Occupation	Yes	164(46.9)	-0.04	0.11	0.685	-	-	-
	No	186(53.1)
Education level	Literate	67(19.1)	-0.13	0.04	0.001	-0.10	0.04	0.014
	Primary school	73(20.9)
	Junior school	70(20.0)
	High school	88(25.1)
	Academic	52(14.9)
Marital status	Single	49(14.0)	0.21	0.12	0.095	-	-	-
	Married	284(81.1)
	Divorce	17(4.9)
History of kidney transplantation	Yes	69(19.7)	-0.14	0.13	0.279	-0.29	0.14	0.040
	No	281(80.3)
Economic status	Poor	116(33.1)	-0.38	0.09	< 0.001	-0.27	0.09	0.003
	Medium	210(60.0)
	Rich	24(6.9)
Place of residence	City	270(77.1)	0.43	0.12	0.001	0.30	0.13	0.024
	Village	80(22.9)
Insurance status	Yes	303(86.6)	0.47	0.15	0.002	-	-	-
	No	47(13.4)