Table 3.
Younger group | Elderly group | ||||||||
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HD | CAPD | CONTR | p | HD | CAPD | CONTR | p | ||
Cognitive appraisal of the illness-related stress | Loss | 20.9±6.85 | 18.6±9.0 | 13.4±8.35 | 0.05 | 21.8±7.21 | 21.0±8.23 | 15.4±12.23 | NS |
Threat | 3.6±3.05 | 9.0±6.90 | 2.5±3.56 | 0.05 | 5.2±5.65 | 5.1±7.33 | 4.2±4.80 | NS | |
Challenge | 6.8±2.44 | 7.5±4.34 | 4.6±3.03 | 0.05 | 6.6±3.14 | 5.0±2.99 | 5.5±2.87 | NS |