Table 1.

The study participants’ characteristics (N = 193).

		Hemodialysis Group
Characteristics		Overall		Miss Group		No Miss Group		p-Value
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex								0.51
	Man	118	61.14	31	57.41	87	62.59
	Woman	75	38.86	23	42.59	52	37.41
Marital status								0.57
	Single	18	9.33	4	7.41	14	10.07
	Married	175	90.67	50	92.59	125	89.93
Education level								0.03
	Elementary school or less	41	21.24	17	31.48	24	17.27
	More than elementary school	152	78.76	37	68.52	115	82.73
Employment								0.26
	No	120	62.18	37	68.52	83	59.71
	Yes	73	37.82	17	31.48	56	40.29
Income								0.51
	Low	107	55.44	32	59.26	75	53.96
	Middle and high	86	44.56	22	40.74	64	46.04
Out-of-pocket medical expenses (% income)								0.78
	≤10%	176	91.19	50	92.59	126	90.65
	>10%	17	8.81	4	7.41	13	9.35
Place of residence								0.90
	Rural	113	58.55	32	59.26	81	58.27
	Urban	80	41.45	22	40.74	58	41.73