Table S2.

Pearson’s correlation between characteristics and domain scores

Characteristics		DOM 1	DOM 2	DOM 3	DOM 4	Q1	Q2
Age	r	−0.177	−0.026	0.054	0.133	−0.044	0.030
	p	0.035	0.758	0.552	0.115	0.604	0.724
Sex	r	−0.102	−0.037	0.005	0.022	−0.078	0.024
	p	0.226	0.666	0.961	0.798	0.359	0.780
Ethnicity	r	0.027	−0.063	0.064	−0.124	−0.063	−0.100
	p	0.753	0.459	0.486	0.141	0.455	0.235
Educational level	r	0.142	0.172	0.089	0.102	0.067	0.024
	p	0.094	0.042	0.332	0.231	0.432	0.774
Marital status	r	−0.062	−0.007	0.034	0.093	−0.130	−0.051
	p	0.460	0.931	0.710	0.272	0.123	0.543
Employment	r	0.073	0.032	0.000	0.050	−0.083	−0.057
	p	0.385	0.706	0.996	0.557	0.325	0.504
Annual income in NPR	r	0.197	0.166	0.248	0.194	0.129	0.086
	p	0.028	0.066	0.010	0.031	0.155	0.340
Duration of Illness (in months)	r	0.164	0.244	0.171	0.226	0.122	0.119
	p	0.052	0.003	0.059	0.007	0.148	0.160
Duration of hemodialysis (in months)	r	−0.051	−0.002	−0.174	0.017	−0.039	0.019
	p	0.549	0.981	0.055	0.843	0.645	0.819

Notes: r, Pearson’s correlation; p, significance (two-tailed); Q1, overall perception of QOL (range of score: 1–5); Q2, overall perception of general health (range of score: 1–5); DOM 1, physical domain; DOM 2, psychological domain; DOM 3, social domain; DOM 4, environmental domain. The figures in bold indicate significant p-values (p<0.05).

Abbreviation: NPR, Nepalese Rupee.