Table 4.
Kidney disease targeted areas (KDQOL) and PHQ-9.
| eGFR Category | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | G2 | G3a | G3b | G4 | G5/G5D | |
| Symptom/problem n = 158 |
73.0 (16.5) | 85.2 (8.4) | 84.2 (7.8) | 72.7 (12.8) | 73.9 (15.8) | 71.2 (17.3) |
| Effects of kidney disease n = 149 |
62.8 (22.9) | 80.2 (17.9) | 85.0 (15.2) | 71.6 (20.1) | 81.3 (18.9) | 57.3 (21.8) |
| Burden of kidney disease n = 154 |
48.0 (26.0) | 65.2 (26.7) | 83.3 (16.1) | 63.9 (25.8) | 62.9 (25.7) | 41.2 (23.0) |
| Work status n = 155 |
23.2 (32.4) | 33.3 (43.3) | 35.7 (37.5) | 34.6 (37.6) | 18.8 (35.9) | 20.9 (29.8) |
| Cognitive function n = 157 |
79.3 (17.2) | 75.6 (18.0) | 85.7 (16.1) | 78.6 (17.8) | 82.5 (12.1) | 78.8 (17.9) |
| Quality of social interaction n = 158 |
82.5 (15.8) | 81.5 (21.0) | 81.9 (19.5) | 79.0 (19.7) | 87.5 (10.6) | 82.5 (15.8) |
| Sexual function n = 122 |
54.8 (38.0) | 71.9 (34.6) | 43.8 (51.5) | 75.0 (30.1) | 65.6 (43.7) | 49.7 (36.9) |
| Sleep n = 158 |
61.2 (21.5) | 73.1 (11.4) | 52.1 (30.0) | 58.0 (22.4) | 62.8 (15.8) | 60.9 (22.1) |
| Social support n = 158 |
70.9 (23.0) | 59.3 (31.3) | 78.6 (15.9) | 75.0 (23.3) | 78.1 (24.1) | 69.8 (22.2) |
| Dialysis staff encouragement n = 113 |
83.8 (16.3) | 100 (0.0) | 100 (-) | 75.0 (-) | 75.0 (-) | 83.6 (16.4) |
| Patient satisfaction n = 115 |
68.8 (18.5) | 66.7 (23.6) | 75.0 (35.5) | 50.0 (-) | 50.0 (-) | 69.1 (18.4) |
| PHQ-9 summary score n = 131 |
6.2 (4.8) | 6.4 (4.2) | 4.3 (2.5) | 7.6 (4.8) | 3.1 (34.4) | 6.4 (5.0) |
Values represent means (SD). KDQOL scales range from 0 to 100, with higher numbers indicating better QOL. PHQ-9 ranges from 0 to 27, with higher numbers indicating higher depression severity.