Table 5.
Quality of life questionnaire scores at baseline and 12 weeks.
| Baseline | 12 weeks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO (n = 24) | High-flux (n = 25) | P | MCO (n = 24) | High-flux (n = 25) | P | |
| Total score | 63.7 ± 13.8 | 57.0 ± 16.4 | 0.134 | 63.9 ± 14.4 | 59.0 ± 17.3 | 0.283 |
| Kidney disease targeted items | 67.9 ± 11.4 | 62.9 ± 12.3 | 0.142 | 66.2 ± 13.3 | 66.2 ± 12.9 | 0.995 |
| Symptoms | 81.9 ± 13.8 | 75.4 ± 14.0 | 0.107 | 81.3 ± 14.9 | 78.3 ± 14.6 | 0.471 |
| Effects of kidney disease | 67.6 ± 14.9 | 60.7 ± 18.9 | 0.163 | 65.1 ± 20.3 | 67.6 ± 18.9 | 0.654 |
| Burden of kidney disease | 40.9 ± 24.4 | 31.5 ± 26.1 | 0.200 | 39.3 ± 27.2 | 30.8 ± 23.5 | 0.244 |
| Work status | 14.6 ± 27.5 | 14.0 ± 30.7 | 0.945 | 12.5 ± 26.6 | 18.0 ± 35.0 | 0.540 |
| Cognitive function | 82.5 ± 19.0 | 83.7 ± 13.6 | 0.795 | 78.1 ± 24.1 | 84.0 ± 17.6 | 0.328 |
| Quality of social interaction | 67.8 ± 18.3 | 60.5 ± 15.0 | 0.136 | 68.1 ± 22.7 | 67.5 ± 20.3 | 0.927 |
| Sexual function | 57.5 ± 28.8 | 40.6 ± 42.5 | 0.500 | 45.8 ± 35.9 | 50.0 ± 70.7 | 0.911 |
| Sleep | 64.1 ± 19.3 | 60.9 ± 17.7 | 0.553 | 62.6 ± 15.1 | 61.6 ± 18.6 | 0.837 |
| Social support | 66.0 ± 22.2 | 66.0 ± 23.3 | 0.997 | 61.8 ± 23.3 | 73.3 ± 22.1 | 0.082 |
| Dialysis staff encouragement | 87.0 ± 14.0 | 85.5 ± 16.4 | 0.736 | 85.9 ± 15.3 | 85.5 ± 17.9 | 0.927 |
| Patient satisfaction | 61.8 ± 23.8 | 60.7 ± 23.0 | 0.866 | 61.1 ± 20.1 | 59.3 ± 22.6 | 0.773 |
| Short form 36 items | 58.9 ± 18.7 | 50.4 ± 22.6 | 0.158 | 61.5 ± 17.7 | 51.0 ± 24.1 | 0.088 |
| PCS | 61.4 ± 21.7 | 51.4 ± 25.8 | 0.150 | 62.8 ± 20.5 | 51.7 ± 25.8 | 0.100 |
| Physical functioning | 72.1 ± 23.7 | 59.4 ± 28.3 | 0.096 | 75.2 ± 20.8 | 59.8 ± 30.1 | 0.042 |
| Role-physical | 56.3 ± 39.2 | 44.0 ± 40.4 | 0.287 | 61.5 ± 37.6 | 39.0 ± 39.6 | 0.047 |
| Pain | 70.9 ± 22.9 | 65.0 ± 28.2 | 0.424 | 72.2 ± 24.9 | 69.3 ± 24.1 | 0.682 |
| General health | 37.9 ± 18.7 | 36.0 ± 26.0 | 0.768 | 35.4 ± 20.1 | 38.4 ± 27.3 | 0.666 |
| MCS | 55.8 ± 18.1 | 49.2 ± 21.1 | 0.249 | 60.2 ± 16.4 | 50.5 ± 23.8 | 0.104 |
| Emotional well-being | 54.7 ± 16.0 | 57.9 ± 18.6 | 0.515 | 61.7 ± 16.1 | 53.4 ± 21.8 | 0.141 |
| Role-emotional | 61.1 ± 40.1 | 38.7 ± 44.8 | 0.071 | 62.5 ± 38.5 | 45.3 ± 45.0 | 0.159 |
| Social function | 70.3 ± 21.1 | 62.0 ± 28.1 | 0.249 | 69.8 ± 23.6 | 64.0 ± 26.6 | 0.425 |
| Energy/fatigue | 45.8 ± 20.7 | 39.8 ± 18.6 | 0.289 | 51.7 ± 17.9 | 43.8 ± 21.6 | 0.173 |
| Health status compared to one year ago | 51.0 ± 21.5 | 46.0 ± 25.7 | 0.461 | 53.1 ± 23.7 | 46.0 ± 24.7 | 0.308 |
| Overall health rate | 57.9 ± 22.1 | 56.4 ± 25.2 | 0.824 | 58.8 ± 22.5 | 50.0 ± 26.3 | 0.218 |
Values are shown as the mean ± standard deviation.
Abbreviations: PCS, physical composite summary; MCS, mental composite summary.