Table 5.
HRQOL for patients with and without dialysis.
| Dialysis | Analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | F | p | |
| Physical functioning | 34.13 (29.93) | 49.24 (29.52) | 8.97 | 0.003 |
| Role physical | 27.32 (36.56) | 21.5 (36.07) | <1 | 0.354 |
| Pain | 51.21 (31.06) | 57.02 (32.42) | 1.18 | 0.280 |
| General health | 38.53 (19.63) | 44.39 (15.52) | 3.42 | 0.066 |
| Vitality | 41.71 (20.16) | 45.61 (19.30) | 1.27 | 0.261 |
| Social functioning | 64.58 (29.03) | 69.71 (26.00) | 1.17 | 0.281 |
| Role emotional | 47.17 (48.09) | 49.67 (48.25) | <1 | 0.763 |
| Mental health | 67.35 (19.91) | 68.06 (18.41) | <1 | 0.835 |
| PCS | 30.76 (10.22) | 34.86 (10.28) | 4.95 | 0.028 |
| MCS | 47.10 (1.87) | 47.13 (10.94) | <1 | 0.991 |
| Symptom/problem | 71.12 (17.51) | 77.30 (13.50) | 5.01 | 0.026 |
| Effects of kidney disease | 56.59 (21.75) | 78.25 (18.65) | 33.9 | <0.001 |
| Burden of kidney disease | 41.42 (22.96) | 63.30 (26.18) | 27.29 | <0.001 |
| Work status | 20.48 (29.17) | 30.39 (38.83) | 3.17 | 0.077 |
| Cognitive function | 79.09 (17.71) | 80.00 (16.22) | <1 | 0.755 |
| Quality of social interaction | 82.18 (15.26) | 82.82 (17.13) | <1 | 0.812 |
| Sexual function | 48.02 (37.03) | 69.51 (36.34) | 9.32 | 0.003 |
| Sleep | 61.02 (22.06) | 61.71 (20.44) | <1 | 0.849 |
| Social support | 69.29 (22.34) | 74.18 (12.88) | 1.59 | 0.209 |
| PHQ-9 summary score | 6.4 (5.0) | 5.7 (4.4) | <1 | 0.438 |
Values represent means (SD). PCS = physical composite summary; MCS = mental composite summary. Bold highlights p-values < 0.05.