Table 6.

Factors associated with good-QOL in domain of MCS in univariate and multivariate analyses

Factors	OR	95%CI	p-value	ORadj	95%CI	p-value
Sex
Male	1.00
Female	0.63	0.40–1.02	0.061
Age (year)
< 31	1.19	0.58–2.44	0.625
31–50	1.92	1.18–3.13	0.009a
> 50	1.00
Education
Illiterate	1.00
Primary	0.44	0.20–0.94	0.036a
Secondary	1.40	0.80–2.45	0.228
Tertiary	0.97	0.45–2.07	0.945
Occupation
Employed/retired	1.00
Unemployed	2.03	1.00–4.12	0.049a
Annual household income (NRsb)
No income	1.00
< 1,00,000	0.82	0.46–1.46	0.505
≥ 1,00,000	0.72	0.38–1.35	0.310
Marital status
Single	1.10	0.44–2.73	0.824
Married	0.87	0.44–1.71	0.697
Widow/ Divorced	1.00
Ethnicity
Brahmin	1.00
Chhetri	0.54	0.27–1.07	0.080
Madheshi	0.33	0.15–0.73	0.006a
Janjati	0.35	0.19–0.65	0.001a
Dalit	0.36	0.13–0.97	0.045a
Religion
Hindu	6.17	1.87–20.28	0.003a
Buddhist	1.33	0.28–6.26	0.716
Christian	1.00
Place of residence
Village	1.00			1.00
City	1.94	1.23–3.06	0.004a	1.98	1.05–3.72	0.033a
Duration of illness (years)
< 1	2.93	1.84–4.69	< 0.001a
≥ 1	1.00
Stages of CKD
Stage I-IV	4.42	2.74–7.13	< 0.001a	28.33	10.47–76.62	< 0.001a
Stage V	1.00			1.00
Taking hemodialysis
Yes	1.00			1.00
No	3.73	2.33–5.97	< 0.001a	3.70	1.83–7.51	< 0.001a
Duration of hemodialysis (months)
< 10	1.00
10–12	2.00	0.84–4.73	0.114
> 12	0.00	0.00	0.995
History of kidney transplantation
Yes	0.57	0.16–1.99	0.385
No	1.00
Taking to a hospital
Family members	1.00
Others (myself)/friends	3.00	1.74–5.19	< 0.001a
Support for medical expenses
Family members	1.00
Myself/friends/others	0.70	0.35–1.42	0.332
Having health insurance
Yes	2.82	1.65–4.82	< 0.001a	5.34	2.47–11.54	< 0.001a
No	1.00			1.00
Frequency to see a doctor per month
Irregular	3.73	2.33–5.97	< 0.001a
8–12	1.00
Distance of hospital (km)
< 10	1.00
10–30	3.23	1.22–8.51	0.018a
> 30	1.97	0.85–4.55	0.109
Medical expenses per visit (NRsb)
< 1001	1.00			1.00
1001-5000	1.02	0.59–1.76	0.919	0.43	0.17–1.03	0.061
> 5000	2.01	1.15–3.52	0.014a	0.23	0.08–0.62	0.004a
Facing problem for medical expenses
Yes	1.00			1.00
No	2.80	1.76–4.48	< 0.001a	2.66	1.47–4.81	< 0.001a
Hypertension
Yes	1.00
No	1.18	0.53–2.65	0.675
Diabetes mellitus
Yes	1.00
No	2.22	1.15–4.29	0.017a
Heart disease
Yes	1.00
No	3.54	1.23–10.14	0.018a

^a Significant level at α = 0.05; ^bNRs Nepali rupees