Table 1.
The socio-demographic characteristics of the participants (N = 479).
| Variables | N(%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 246(51.4) |
| Female | 233(48.6) |
| Place of residence | |
| Rural | 215(44.9) |
| Town | 108(22.5) |
| City | 156(32.6) |
| Age | |
| 20–30 years | 40(8.4) |
| 31–40 years | 78(16.3) |
| 41–50 years | 160(33.4) |
| 51–60 years | 101(21.1) |
| 61–70 years | 83(17.3) |
| >70 years | 17(3.5) |
| Hospitalized in the past 6 months | |
| No | 383(80.0) |
| Yes | 96(20.0) |
| Dialysis frequency | |
| 2 times/week | 48(10.0) |
| 3 times/week | 431(90.0) |
| Employment status | |
| No | 432(90.2) |
| Yes | 47(9.8) |
| Frequency of physical exercise per week | |
| 0 times/week | 202(42.2) |
| 1–2 times/week | 146(30.5) |
| ≥3 times/week | 131(27.3) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 46(9.6) |
| Married | 399(83.3) |
| Divorced | 16(3.3) |
| Others | 18(3.8) |
| Education | |
| Elementary school and below | 241(50.3) |
| Junior high school | 135(28.2) |
| High school | 62(12.9) |
| Junior college | 31(6.5) |
| College degree and above | 10(2.1) |
| Feel tired after dialysis | |
| No | 302(63.0) |
| Yes | 177(37.0) |
| Feel lonely | |
| No | 206(43.0) |
| Yes | 273(57.0) |
| Comorbidity | |
| No | 205(42.8) |
| Yes | 274(57.2) |
| Sleep time per day | |
| ≤5 h/day | 79(16.5) |
| 6 h/day | 135(28.2) |
| 7 h/day | 164(34.2) |
| 8 h/day | 83(17.3) |
| 9 h/day | 7(1.5) |
| ≥10 h/day | 11(2.3) |