TABLE 3.
Anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis (N = 396)
| Variable | Range a |
This study (Mean (SD)) |
Norms (Mean (SD)) |
t | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | 20 ~ 80 | 36.33(7.17) | 29.7(10.07) b | −1.565 | .118 |
| Depression | 25 ~ 100 | 45.88(9.40) | 41.8(10.57) | 8.462 | <0.001 |
| Quality of Life | |||||
| Social functioning | 0 ~ 100 | 58.08(27.04) | 85.29(18.06) | −20.024 | <.001 |
| General health | 0 ~ 100 | 44.25(23.43) | 67.30(21.97) | −19.578 | <.001 |
| Physical functioning | 0 ~ 100 | 75.91(20.44) | 90.8(15.07) | −14.498 | <.001 |
| Role physical | 0 ~ 100 | 74.94(38.05) | 79.51(34.70) | −2.392 | .017* |
| Vitality | 0 ~ 100 | 69.92(15.15) | 71.44(15.81) | −1.991 | .047* |
| Mental health | 0 ~ 100 | 73.92(14.60) | 73.52(15.68) | 0.544 | .587 |
| Role emotional | 0 ~ 100 | 76.60(34.41) | 76.45(38.47) | 0.086 | .931 |
| Bodily pain | 0 ~ 100 | 81.38(25.46) | 82.41(21.25) | −0.802 | .423 |
a
Maximum range of scores for scales
b
The gross score of SDS between this study (29.33(5.68)) and Chinese national norm (29.7(10.07)) was compared due to the lack of standard score of Chinese national norm.