Table 1.

Quality of life and its dimensions in hemodialysis patients

Variable		Desirable- Undesirable	Frequency	Percent	Mean	Standard deviation
		Undesirable (134.5 - 221)*	76	66
Total Quality of life		Desirable (48 - 134.5)	39	34
		Total	115	100	131.3	21.1
		Undesirable (> 72)	92	80
	Physical subsector	Desirable (> 72)	23	20
		Total	115	100	59	15.3
		Undesirable (< 29.5)	73	63.5
Dimension of Quality of life	Psychological subsector	Desirable (> 29.5)	42	36.5
		Total	115	100	28.9	5.7
		Undesirable (< 33)	2	1.7
	Social subsector	Desirable (> 33)	113	98.3
		Total	115	100	43.3	4.4

^*The number in the parenthesis is the summation of the scores that the patients gave in the instrument. These scores are divided into two parts regarding the median.