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. 2017 Nov 8;4:189. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2017.00189

Table 3.

Score of chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 1–3 and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with pruritus or without pruritus for Malay 5D itch scale (M 5D-IS).

Domains Patients with ESRD (n = 35) Patients with stage 1–3 CKD (n = 35) Mann–Whitney U-test



Median Mean ± SD Median Mean ± SD z-score p-Value
Duration 1.00 1.11 ± 0.55 1.00 0.89 ± 0.18 −6.86 <0.001*
Degree 3.00 3.03 ± 0.11 1.00 1.23 ± 0.21 −6.09 <0.001*
Direction 2.00 2.63 ± 0.21 1.00 1.29 ± 0.07 −6.05 <0.001*
Disability
Sleep 1.00 1.26 ± 0.07 1.00 0.77 ± 0.17 −6.86 <0.001*
Leisure/social 1.00 1.14 ± 0.10 1.00 1.26 ± 0.28 −7.03 <0.001*
House work 1.00 1.20 ± 0.12 1.00 1.23 ± 0.28 −6.94 <0.001*
Work/school 1.00 1.00 ± 0.24 1.00 1.00 ± 0.24 −7.60 <0.001*
Distribution 1.00 1.54 ± 1.32 1.00 0.69 ± 0.11 −7.50 <0.001*
Overall score 10.00 9.83 ± 0.35 5.00 5.51 ± 0.93 −5.96 <0.001*

*Statistically significant at p < 0.05.