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Table 4 Correlation between quality of life in patients and caregivers

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

 

Patient

Caregiver

Correlations

Variables

Average

Standard deviation

Average

Standard deviation

Z

p-value

r

p-value

Functional Capacity

53,09

26,52

74,52

26,64

−2,61

0,014

0,191

0,406

Pain

48,66

30,44

56,95

24,93

−0,96

0,344

−0,223

0,331

General health conditions

51,00

26,85

63,47

26,75

−1,51

0,179

−0,084

0,717

Vitality

58,81

28,37

44,52

27,29

1,66

0,198

−0,312

0,168

Social aspects

60,71

32,42

63,69

32,33

−0,30

0,913

0,360

0,109

Mental health

66,48

25,19

57,33

24,11

1,20

0,321

−0,079

0,732

Physical aspects

33,33

36,51

64,28

38,38

−2,68

0,006

0,334

0,138

Emotional aspects

41,26

40,69

55,55

45,13

−1,08

0,103

0,625

0,002

Physical Domain

36,36

8,96

46,29

10,29

−3,33

0,005

−0,021

0,929

Mental Domain

45,65

12,07

40,09

15,01

1,32

0,170

0,176

0,447

Anxiety

7,42

5,35

8,71

3,84

−0,928

0,37

0,077

0,741

Depression

6,76

4,79

6,23

4,41

0,419

0,71

0,227

0,322

Practical Social Support

3,15

0,76

2,88

0,77

1,309

0,27

0,278

0,222

Emotional Social Support

3,16

0,79

3,00

0,72

0,993

0,50

0,548

0,010