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. 2022 May 19;13:864727. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.864727

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of hemodialysis patients with and without elevated anxiety symptoms during the early COVID-19 pandemic and at 1-year follow-up (n = 100).

Early COVID-19 pandemic One-year follow-up
Characteristics SAS score <50 (n = 60) SAS score ≥50 (n = 40) p-value SAS score <50 (n = 72) SAS score ≥50 (n = 28) p-value
Female, n (%) 26 (43.3%) 19 (47.5%) 0.682 34 (47.2%) 11 (39.3%) 0.474
Age (years), n (%) 0.347 0.289
<45 16 (26.7%) 6 (15%) 13 (18.1%) 8 (28.6%)
45–59 23 (38.3%) 16 (40%) 27 (37.5%) 12 (42.9%)
≥60 21 (35%) 18 (45%) 32 (44.4%) 8 (28.6%)
Education, n (%) 0.040 0.428
Primary or less 14 (23.3%) 18 (45%) 21 (29.2%) 11 (39.3%)
Junior or senior 29 (48.3%) 17 (42.5%) 36 (50.0%) 10 (35.7%)
University degree or above 17 (28.3%) 5 (12.5%) 15 (20.8%) 7 (25.0%)
Occupation, n (%) 0.638 0.505
Employment 17 (28.3%) 8 (20%) 17 (23.6%) 8 (28.6%)
Retired 26 (43.3%) 19 (47.5%) 35 (48.6%) 10 (35.7%)
Unemployment or others 17 (28.3%) 13 (32.5%) 20 (27.8%) 10 (35.7%)
Monthly income (CNY), n (%) 0.681 0.116
≤3,000 16 (26.7%) 15 (37.5%) 25 (34.7%) 6 (21.4%)
3,001–5,000 19 (31.7%) 12 (30%) 22 (30.6%) 9 (32.1%)
5,001–10,000 20 (33.3%) 10 (25%) 22 (30.6%) 8 (28.6%)
>10,000 5 (8.3%) 3 (7.5%) 3 (4.2%) 5 (17.9%)
Duration of hemodialysis (months), n (%) 0.550 0.276
3 −36 25 (41.7%) 16 (40.0%) 19 (26.4%) 4 (14.3%)
37–72 20 (33.3%) 17 (42.5%) 27 (37.5%) 15 (53.6%)
73–108 8 (13.3%) 2 (5.0%) 14 (19.4%) 7 (25.0%)
109 months or more 7 (11.7%) 5 (12.5%) 12 (16.7%) 2 (7.1%)
Medical insurance, n (%) 0.406 0.319
6% Self-pay (Employee) 40 (66.7%) 22 (55%) 46 (63.9%) 16 (57.1%)
40% Self-pay (Resident) 18 (30%) 15 (37.5%) 24 (33.3%) 9 (32.1%)
100% Self-pay 2 (3.3%) 3 (7.5%) 2 (2.8%) 3 (10.7%)
ESRD etiology, n (%) 0.418 0.222
Primary glomerulonephritis 28 (46.7%) 15 (37.5%) 35 (48.6%) 8 (28.6%)
Diabetes 15 (25.0%) 13 (32.5%) 18 (25.0%) 10 (35.7%)
Hypertension 10 (16.7%) 10 (25.0%) 12 (16.7%) 8 (28.6%)
Others 7 (11.7%) 2 (5.0%) 7 (9.7%) 2 (7.1%)

SAS, self-rating anxiety scale; CNY, Chinese Yuan; ESRD, end-stage renal disease.