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Table 3 Correlation between laboratory and psychological variables and treatment time for patients

From: Beyond quality of life: a cross sectional study on the mental health of patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis and their caregivers

 

Urea

Hemoglobin

Kt/v

r

p-value

n

r

p-value

n

R

p-value

n

Functional Capacitya

0,230

0,317

21

0,581

0,006

21

−0,432

0,123

14

Limitation by physical aspectsa

0,068

0,771

21

0,169

0,463

21

−0,032

0,914

14

Paina

−0,019

0,936

21

0,194

0,399

21

0,103

0,727

14

General health conditionsa

−0,005

0,982

21

−0,288

0,206

21

−0,038

0,899

14

Vitalitya

−0,121

0,602

21

−0,009

0,970

21

−0,190

0,515

14

Social aspectsa

0,237

0,302

21

0,173

0,454

21

−0,195

0,503

14

Limitation by emotional aspectsa

0,035

0,879

21

0,184

0,425

21

0,015

0,961

14

Mental healtha

−0,105

0,650

21

0,185

0,423

21

−0,487

0,077

14

Physical Domaina

0,163

0,481

21

0,258

0,259

21

−0,068

0,817

14

Mental Domaina

−0,055

0,812

21

0,077

0,742

21

−0,276

0,339

14

Hospital Anxiety Scalea

−0,078

0,737

21

−0,003

0,991

21

0,166

0,571

14

Hospital Depression Scalea

−0,032

0,889

21

−0,087

0,707

21

0,288

0,318

14

Practical Social Support (patient)

0,321

0,156

21

−0,149

0,519

21

−0,327

0,253

14

Emotional Social Support (patient)a

0,105

0,650

21

−0,214

0,351

21

−0,222

0,445

14

“How tired have how tired have you felt over this last week?” (Question 1 on the Fatigue pictogram)b

−0,179

0,437

21

0,164

0,576

14

−0,028

0,903

21

“How much does the feeling of tiredness prevent you from doing what you want?” (Question 2 on the Fatigue pictogram)b

0,136

0,558

21

0,175

0,549

14

0,231

0,313

21

Stress Stages (According to Lipp)b

0,197

0,392

21

0,099

0,669

21

0,153

0,601

14

  1. aUsing the Spearman Correlation Coefficient
  2. bUsing the Pearson Correlation Coefficient