Table 9.

Correlation between TBQ and KDQOL-36™ in CKD patients at baseline and month six visit.

Variables	Baseline		Month 6 visit
	Correlation coefficient	p-value	Correlation coefficient	p-value
Overall KDQOL score KDQOL-36™	−.464	<0.001	−.488	<0.001
PCS	−.248	0.001	−.374	<0.001
MCS	.026	0.740	0.102	0.205
Symptom/problem burden	−.485	<0.001	−.552	<0.001
Effect of kidney disease	−.521	<0.001	−.550	<0.001
Burden of kidney disease	−.509	<0.001	−.515	<0.001

p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. PCS; physical component summary, MCS; mental component summary