Table 3.

Item Wording and Item Means of the Kidney Disease Behavior Inventory (KDBI)

Item Wording	Dialysis Sample Item Mean (SD) (N=119)	Correlation with PKDSMS	CKD Sample Item Mean (SD) (N=213)	Correlation with PKDSMS
Checked your blood sugar levels	1.17 (1.30)	NS	2.12 (1.02)	NS
Checked your blood pressure at home	1.38 (1.21)	0.18*	1.50 (1.03)	0.13*
Checked your weight between dialysis	1.48 (1.20)	0.25**	N/A	N/A
Kept track of laboratory results related to your kidney disease	2.00 (1.04)	NS	2.00 (1.10)	0.21**
Kept track of symptoms related to your kidney disease	2.02 (0.99)	NS	1.83 (1.08)	0.15*
Kept track of thoughts and feelings about your health	1.65 (1.03)	NS	1.92 (0.96)	0.14*
Taken medications as prescribed	2.67 (0.69)	0.21*	2.71 (0.48)	0.22**
Taken a medication in different ways than prescribed	2.76 (0.65)	NS	2.86 (0.45)	NS
Not taken a prescribed medication	2.55 (0.86)	−0.19*	2.74 (0.68)	NS
Taken herbs, non-prescribed vitamins, or other natural remedies	2.65 (0.81)	NS	2.50 (0.92)	NS
Followed your kidney diet plan	2.01 (0.92)	0.41**	1.70 (0.99)	0.16*
Chosen healthier food to eat	2.07 (0.89)	0.27**	2.01 (0.68)	0.27**
Exercised or stretched for 20 minutes or more	1.24 (1.09)	NS	1.52 (1.09)	0.20**
Taken time to unwind and feel better	2.03 (0.98)	0.19*	1.75 (0.84)	0.24**
Missed dialysis treatments	2.70 (0.65)	NS	N/A	N/A
Missed visits with your doctor	2.71 (0.65)	NS	2.83 (0.45)	NS
Total Score	32.47 (7.15)	0.27**	28.33 (5.80)	0.29**
Average Item Score	2.07 (0.56)		2.14 (0.48)
Cronbach’s α	0.74		0.69

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001,

NS = p > 0.05