TABLE 2.

Uncertainty in illness in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis (N = 396)

Variable	Rangea	Total score (Mean (SD))	Mean cores of items (Mean (SD))
Uncertainty in illness	32 ~ 160	78.16(15.68)	2.23(0.45)
Ambiguity	13 ~ 65	32.21(9.30)	2.48(0.72)
Complexity	7 ~ 35	14.33(3.15)	2.05(0.45)
Inconsistency	7 ~ 35	14.58(3.93)	2.08(0.56)
Unpredictability	5 ~ 25	17.04(2.85)	3.41(0.57)