Distressing symptoms and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease

Table 1 Description of the sample characteristics

Variable	n (%)
Gender
Male	92 (65.7)
Female	48 (34.3)
Marital status
Married	95 (67.9)
Not married	45 (32.1)
Education status
Elementary education or below	25 (17.9)
Secondary	58 (41.4)
Bachelor or higher	57 (40.7)
Employment status
Working	47 (33.6)
Not working	93 (66.4)
Smoking status
Yes	32 (22.9)
No	108 (77.1)
Co morbidity status
With other co-morbid disease	68 (48.6)
Without other co-morbid disease	72 (51.4)

Table 2 Health related quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease

Subscales of Short Form-36 questionnaire	mean ± SD
Physical component summary	48.50 ± 18.30
Physical functioning	48.12 ± 29.65
Role limitation due to physical functioning	31.61 ± 38.59
Bodily pain	68.50 ± 32.02
General health perception	45.79 ± 17.86
Mental component summary	58.24 ± 20.59
Energy/vitality	48.50 ± 18.72
Social functioning	60.18 ± 31.15
Role limitation due to emotional functioning	56.67 ± 46.41
Mental health	67.60 ± 18.57
Total score of Short Form 36	53.37 ± 17.58

Table 3 Relationships between the distressing symptoms and physical and mental components of the quality of life (r value)

Variables	Pain	Tiredness	Drowsiness	Nausea	Loss of appetite	Shortness of breath	Depression	Anxiety	Worse well-being
Physical component summary	-0.44a	-0.47a	-0 .12	-0.12a	-0.30a	0.-9a	-0.23a	-0.14a	-0.38a
Mental component summary	-0.48a	-0.48a	-0.13	-0.29a	-0.49a	0-.38a	-0.49a	-0.42a	-0.37a
Total Short Form-36 scores	-0.37a	-0.53a	-0.14	-0.23a	-0.44a	-0.37a	-0.41a	-0.32a	-0.42a

^aCorrelation is significant at the 001 level.