Table 1.

Socio Demographic characteristics

Feature	Frequency (N = 1079)	Percentage
Age categories
18–40	50	4.6
41–60	558	51.7
> 60	471	43.7
Gender
Male	681	63.1
Female	398	36.9
CKD stage
Early stages	259	24.0
Stage IV	629	58.3
Stage V	153	14.2
Dialysis	38	3.5
Comorbidities
Negative	308	28.5
Positive	771	71.5
Employment status
Not employed	701	65.0
Employed	378	35.0
Depression
Negative	375	34.8
Positive	704	65.2
Psychological distress
Negative	267	24.7
Positive	812	75.3