Table 5.

Influencing factors on QOL (p values).

	Educational background	Medical insurance	Marriage	Residual renal function	Primary disease	Simple hemodialysis
PCS
PF	0.990	0.897	0.526	0.678	0.039	0.776
PR	0.732	0.163	0.242	0.299	0.291	0.895
BP	0.376	0.919	0.341	0.196	0.330	0.165
GC	0.170	0.848	0.337	0.923	0.340	0.810
MCS
VT	0.052	0.832	0.630	0.014	0.079	0.050
SF	0.402	0.914	0.812	0.939	0.110	0.317
RE	0.825	0.655	0.637	0.283	0.914	0.484
MH	0.049	0.973	0.417	0.063	0.946	0.574
Total score	0.267	0.887	0.403	0.214	0.151	0.208

p < .05 indicates statistical difference between groups within each influencing factor (marked in bold).