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Table 4 Relation between QOL among patients with and without depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideations

From: Psychiatric comorbidity and quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis

Variable

Depression

Absent depression

Sig. test

P value

Mean SD

Mean SD

QOL total

11.15348 (3.503672)

14.18208 (3.716849)

20.385

0.000**

Variable

Anxiety

Absent anxiety

Sig. test

P value

Mean SD

Mean SD

QOL total

12.11167 2.785497

12.85467 4.778364

1.069

0.303

Variable

Panic

No panic

Sig. test

P value

Mean SD

Mean SD

QOL total

11.47778 1.780083

12.55663 4.006459

0.638

0.426

  1. QOL: desirable (score: 20–30), relatively desirable (score: 10–19), and unfavorable (score: 0–9)
  2. ESRD end-stage renal diseases, SD standard deviation, t Student t test
  3. The symbol ** means significant value