Table 5.
The relationship between life expectancy, spiritual well‐being and adherence to the diet with demographic characteristics in research units
| Variable | Gender | Marital status | Haemodialysis duration | Underlying disease | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| χ 2 | p | χ 2 | p | r | p | r | p | |
| Hope | 0.038 | .98 | 4.62 | .099 | .094 | .32 | .048 | .61 |
| Spiritual well‐being | 2.95 | .22 | 3.78 | .15 | .092 | .33 | −.204* | .032 |
| Religious well‐being | 1.110 | .57 | 1.93 | .38 | .062 | .52 | −.146 | .12 |
| Existential well‐being | 0.247 | .88 | 4.49 | .10 | .089 | .35 | −.188* | .049 |
| Interdialytic weight gain (kg) | 1.95 | .16 | 1.65 | .19 | .078 | .41 | .108 | .25 |
| Serum potassium level | 0.229 | .63 | 2.46 | .11 | .014 | .88 | .011 | .91 |
| Serum phosphorus level | 0.015 | .90 | 1.07 | .29 | .122 | .20 | .065 | .50 |
*
Significant at p < .05.