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Table 3 Impact of social and clinical parameters on Quality of life domain scores

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

Parameter

KDCS

PCS

MCS

Beta

p-value

95% CI

Beta

p-value

95% CI

Beta

p-value

95% CI

Gender

 Male

− 0.476

0.743

[− 3.33, 2.37]

− 0.869

0.283

[− 2.46, 0.72]

− 0.559

0.377

[− 1.81, 0.69]

Age

 30–49

3.142

0.123

[− 0.86, 7.14]

0.849

0.465

[− 1.44, 3.13]

1.588

0.076

[− 0.16, 3.34]

 50–70

2.042

0.339

[− 2.15, 6.23]

0.213

0.861

[− 2.19, 2.62]

1.387

0.140

[− 0.46, 3.23]

  > 70

3.459

0.341

[− 3.68, 10.60]

−1.115

0.595

[−5.24, 3.01]

− 1.107

0.492

[− 4.27, 2.05]

Marital status

 Not Married

−1.821

0.200

[−4.61, 0.97]

−0.705

0.378

[−2.28, 0.87]

− 0.290

0.636

[−1.49, 0.91]

Education level

 Primary

2.108

0.402

[−2.83, 7.05]

1.807

0.201

[−0.97, 4.58]

0.448

0.679

[−1.68, 2.58]

 Secondary

0.867

0.717

[−3.83, 5.57]

1.646

0.224

[−1.01, 4.30]

0.391

0.706

[−1.65, 2.43]

 Post-Secondary

4.404

0.088

[−0.66, 9.46]

2.049

0.156

[−0.78, 4.88]

0.710

0.521

[−1.46, 2.89]

Family size

 3–5

1.657

0.419

[−2.37, 5.68]

1.034

0.367

[−1.21, 3.28]

−0.369

0.673

[−2.09, 1.35]

 6 +

0.994

0.634

[−3.10, 5.09]

0.684

0.558

[−1.61, 2.98]

−1.338

0.134

[−3.09, 0.41]

Religion

 Muslim

−0.274

0.927

[−6.12, 5.58]

−1.863

0.277

[−5.23, 1.50]

−1.374

0.297

[−3.96, 1.22]

 Catholic

0.366

0.895

[−5.06, 5.79]

−1.692

0.285

[−4.80, 1.42]

−1.126

0.355

[−3.52, 1.27]

 Protestant

−0.577

0.836

[−6.01, 4.90]

0.001

0.999

[−3.15, 3.16]

−1.605

0.194

[−4.03, 0.82]

Occupation

 Unemployed

−3.941

0.125

[−8.99, 1.11]

2.237

0.148

[−0.79, 5.27]

0.703

0.553

[−1.63, 3.03]

Main source of income

 My job

2.322

0.154

[−0.88, 5.52]

1.470

0.119

[−0.38, 3.32]

0.592

0.416

[−0.84, 2.02]

 Savings/others

−4.235

0.024*

[−7.90, −0.57]

−1.042

0.322

[−3.11, 1.02]

−0.380

0.640

[−1.98, 1.22]

Bread winner

 No

−6.784

<.001*

[−9.76, −3.80]

−1.841

0.033*

[−3.52, −0.15]

−1.184

0.073

[−2.48, 0.11]

Hypertension

 No

0.819

0.643

[− 2.65, 4.29]

−0.731

0.458

[−2.67, 1.20]

0.784

0.298

[−0.69, 2.26]

Stroke

 No

0.464

0.909

[−7.54, 8.47]

−1.054

0.681

[−6.09, 3.99]

− 1.464

0.456

[−5.32, 2.39]

Diabetes

 No

0.308

0.844

[−2.76, 3.38]

1.229

0.157

[−0.47, 2.93]

−0.957

0.150

[−2.26, 0.348]

Cancer

 No

−3.641

0.586

[−16.79, 9.50]

−0.777

0.829

[−7.87, 6.31]

1.613

0.559

[−3.81, 7.04]

Type of patients

 Haemodialysis

4.448

0.003*

[1.50, 7.39]

−0.897

0.285

[−2.55, 0.75]

0.069

0.916

[−1.22, 1.36]

  1. *significant at p < .05; KDCS Kidney disease composite summary, SF Short Form health survey, MCS Mental composite summary, PCS Physical composite summary