Comparison of the health-related quality of life of end stage kidney disease patients on hemodialysis and non-hemodialysis management in Uganda

Table 1 Characteristics of End Stage Renal Disease Patients in a tertiary hospital in Uganda

Characteristics	Non-Haemodialysis		Haemodialysis		Overall Total (N = 364)		p-value
Characteristics	n = 240	%	n = 124	%	Overall Total (N = 364)		p-value
Gender							0.134
Female	98	42.6	39	34.2	137	39.8
Male	132	57.4	75	65.8	207	60.2
Age							0.294
18–50	152	63.9	71	58.2	223	62.0
≥ 50	86	36.1	51	41.8	137	38.0
Median (IQR)	45 (34,56)		48 (36,58)		46 (35,58)
Marital status							0.196
Married	138	57.5	80	64.5	218	62.3
Single	102	42.5	44	35.5	146	37.7
Education level							<.001*
None	26	10.8	13	10.5	39	10.7
Primary	78	32.5	19	15.3	97	26.6
Secondary	99	41.3	46	37.1	145	39.8
Post-Secondary	37	15.4	46	37.1	83	22.8
Family size							0.346
≤ 5	128	58.2	58	52.7	186	56.3
> 5	92	41.8	52	47.3	144	43.6
Religion							0.211
None/Others	15	6.3	13	10.5	28	7.6
Muslim	42	17.5	29	23.4	71	19.5
Catholic	97	40.4	43	34.7	140	38.4
Protestant	86	35.8	39	31.5	125	34.3
Occupation							0.720
Employed	220	91.7	115	92.7	335	92.0
Unemployed	20	8.3	9	7.3	29	8.0
Main source of income							0.138
Donations	69	28.7	36	29.0	105	28.8
My job	103	42.9	64	51.6	167	45.9
Savings/others	68	28.3	24	19.4	92	25.3
Bread winner							0.182
No	168	70.0	95	76.6	263	72.3
Yes	72	30.0	29	23.4	101	27.7
Hypertension							0.101
No	52	21.7	18	14.5	70	19.2
Yes	188	78.3	106	85.5	294	80.8
Stroke							0.146
No	235	97.9	118	95.2	353	97.0
Yes	5	2.1	6	4.8	11	3.0
Diabetes							0.609
No	172	71.7	92	74.2	264	72.5
Yes	68	28.3	32	25.8	100	27.5
KDCs							<.001*
≤ 50	170	70.8	53	42.7	223	61.3
> 50	70	29.2	71	57.3	141	38.7
Median (IQR)	49.1 (38.7, 57.6)		54.7 (48.5, 60.4)		51.1 (41.3, 58.9)
Overall health score							0.102
≤ 50	208	92.9	107	97.3	315	94.3
> 50	16	7.1	3	2.7	19	5.7
Median (IQR)	40.9 (35.9, 43.9)		42.2 (38.8, 44.5)		41.3 (37.1, 44.2)

KDCS Kidney disease composite summary, PCS Physical composite summary, MCS Mental composite summary *Statistically significant Variables (P-value < 0.05)

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