Poor sleep and reduced quality of life were associated with symptom distress in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis

Table 5 The quality of Life in MHD patients

Scale of SF-36	Patients (n = 301)	National norm^a(n = 17754)	p
Physical functioning	61.63 ± 29.20	87.92 ± 16.98	<0.001
Role functioning/physical	31.15 ± 39.94	77.5 ± 34.86	<0.001
Body pain	63.62 ± 22.77	82.22 ± 16.98	<0.001
General health	37.30 ± 18.89	62.51 ± 17.88	<0.001
Vitality	59.67 ± 19.86	68.17 ± 17.63	<0.001
Social functioning	60.47 ± 22.51	80.67 ± 19.98	<0.001
Role functioning/emotional	41.97 ± 45.29	67.86 ± 39.44	<0.001
Mental health	57.29 ± 15.98	68.47 ± 16.90	<0.001
Physical component summary	48.42 ± 21.12	77.54 ± 15.96	<0.001
Mental component summary	54.85 ± 20.13	71.29 ± 17.86	<0.001

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