Table 3.

Comparison of WHO-BREF domain mean scores, standard deviation, and significance based on sociodemographic variables

Variable	Physical	Psychological	Social	Environmental	G1	G4
Age
13-34	47.3611±14.89	48.36±18.52	59.67±15.54	54.33±18.09	3±0.99	2.89±1.06
35-59	41.76991±18.0	42.53±22.47	53.61±23.49	46.99±21.20	2.55±1.13	2.52±1.05
≥60	37.60166±15.98	38.61±17.97	48.62±18.73	45.73±17.31	2.58±0.91	2.54±0.94
P	0.001	0.009	0.002	0.044	0.046	0.114
Sex
Male	40.34±17.14	41.19±20.58	50.89±21.97	46.06±19.34	2.62±1.02	2.59±1.00
Female	39.70±16.85	40.73±19.58	53.80±18.04	49.28±19.03	2.52±1.03	2.46±1.00
P	0.714	0.825	0.135	0.1	0.336	0.216
Education level
Illiterate	36.55±16.77	37.64±17.82	45±23.01	43.15±18.84	2.15±0.97	2.24±0.98
Primary	37.43±15.09	39.57±19.02	49.97±19.86	43.72±18.32	2.52±1.02	2.52±1.02
Secondary	42.16±18.07	41.33±21.78	53.02±20.55	48.69±20.00	2.63±1.06	2.59±1.00
Higher	45.33±17.68	48.19±19.83	58.53±22.44	54.33±17.69	3.14±0.71	2.86±0.96
P	0.001	0.02	0.003	0.001	<0.001	0.009
Job
Working	49.91±17.36	52.35±19.28	60.20±22.48	59.36±19.96	3.27±1.008	3.16±0.898
No job	38.98±16.65	39.69±20.01	50.60±20.63	45.38±18.67	2.51±0.999	2.47±0.989
P	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Marital status
Married	39.36±16.77	40.37±20.82	50.74±21.77	45.71±19.67	2.55±1.04	2.50±1.01
Unmarried	49.11±15.16	49.96±18.60	60.96±18.00	54.30±17.70	3±0.78	3.00±0.89
Widow	37.67±16.24	38.00±16.85	49.39±17.19	47.71±17.26	2.51±1.03	2.53±0.93
P	<0.001	0.002	0.002	0.008	0.009	0.002
Number of dialysis/week
1	53±17.330	53.857±24.89	58.857±19.0	57.429±18.884	2.286±0.95	3.571±1.13
2	40.869±17.283	41.445±20.248	50.408±20.03	46.770±19.686	2.2597±1.07	2.513±1.015
3	39.443±16.820	40.544±20.202	52.262±21.68	46.754±19.049	2.603±0.998	2.557±0.979
P	0.089	0.218	0.419	0.349	0.721	0.022

P significance (using one-way ANOVA); G1: Overall perception of quality of life; G4: Overall perception of general health (range of score 1-5). (P<0.05) indicate significant. ANOVA: Analysis of variance