Skip to main content
. 2011 Jul 18;27(2):758–765. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfr355

Table 2.

Patient pain, sleep and psychosocial characteristics

Mean Median Mode
Intensity of pain, during dialysis 2.1 ± 3.5 0 0
Frequency of pain, during dialysis 1.8 ± 3.1 0 0
Duration of pain, during dialysis, minutes 9.8 ± 31.7 0 0
Intensity of pain, on non-dialysis days 3.1 ± 3.8 0 0
Frequency of pain, on non-dialysis days 2.9 ± 3.6 0 0
Duration of pain, on non-dialysis days, minutes 49.8 ± 220.8 0 0
PSQI total 6.2 ± 4.6 5 4
MSP 69.2 ± 12.9 72 84
BDI 11.0 ± 8.2 8 4
IEQ 50.7 ± 25.5 47 38
SWLS 21.3 ± 8.1 22 25
Patient satisfaction with nephrologist 18.4 ± 2.8 19 19
Patient satisfaction with dialysis staff 18.5 ± 2.8 19 19