Table 3 Distribution of quality of life by haemodialysis patient’s bio-clinical data, Saudi Arabia
Factors | Satisfaction domain | Importance domain | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Average | Good | Average | Good | |||||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Age in years | < 30 | 3 | 13.6 | 4 | 18.2 | 15 | 68.2 | 1 | 4.5 | 21 | 95.5 |
30–39 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 15.2 | 28 | 84.8 | 4 | 12.1 | 29 | 87.9 | |
40–49 | 1 | 2.5 | 6 | 15.0 | 33 | 82.5 | 3 | 7.5 | 37 | 92.5 | |
50+ | 1 | 1.5 | 17 | 25.4 | 49 | 73.1 | 13 | 19.4 | 54 | 80.6 | |
P-value | 0.047* | 0.178 | |||||||||
Gender | Male | 2 | 2.3 | 21 | 24.1 | 64 | 73.6 | 10 | 11.5 | 77 | 88.5 |
Female | 3 | 4.0 | 11 | 14.7 | 61 | 81.3 | 11 | 14.7 | 64 | 85.3 | |
P-value | 0.283 | 0.549 | |||||||||
Work | Unemployed | 3 | 3.2 | 18 | 18.9 | 74 | 77.9 | 14 | 14.7 | 81 | 85.3 |
Employed | 2 | 5.7 | 7 | 20.0 | 26 | 74.3 | 3 | 8.6 | 32 | 91.4 | |
Retired | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 21.9 | 25 | 78.1 | 4 | 12.5 | 28 | 87.5 | |
P-value | 0.749$ | 0.674 | |||||||||
Marital status | Single | 2 | 4.9 | 8 | 19.5 | 31 | 75.6 | 5 | 12.2 | 36 | 87.8 |
Married | 2 | 2.0 | 21 | 20.8 | 78 | 77.2 | 11 | 10.9 | 90 | 89.1 | |
Divorced/widow | 1 | 5.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 16 | 80.0 | 5 | 25.0 | 15 | 75.0 | |
P-value | 0.847 | 0.226 | |||||||||
Educational level | Non-literate | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10.7 | 25 | 89.3 | 8 | 28.6 | 20 | 71.4 |
Basic education (able to read/write) | 3 | 10.0 | 8 | 26.7 | 19 | 63.3 | 2 | 6.7 | 28 | 93.3 | |
Secondary education | 1 | 1.8 | 11 | 19.3 | 45 | 78.9 | 8 | 14.0 | 49 | 86.0 | |
University/more | 1 | 2.1 | 10 | 21.3 | 36 | 76.6 | 3 | 6.4 | 44 | 93.6 | |
P-value | 0.161 | 0.030* | |||||||||
Monthly income | < 5000 SR | 2 | 2.7 | 14 | 19.2 | 57 | 78.1 | 12 | 16.4 | 61 | 83.6 |
5000–10,000 SR | 3 | 6.3 | 8 | 16.7 | 37 | 77.1 | 3 | 6.3 | 45 | 93.8 | |
10,000–15,000 SR | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 19.4 | 25 | 80.6 | 6 | 19.4 | 25 | 80.6 | |
> 15,000 SR | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 40.0 | 6 | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 100.0 | |
P-value | 0.468$ | 0.150 | |||||||||
Other diseases | Yes | 4 | 3.3 | 22 | 18.2 | 95 | 78.5 | 19 | 15.7 | 102 | 84.3 |
No | 1 | 2.4 | 10 | 24.4 | 30 | 73.2 | 2 | 4.9 | 39 | 95.1 | |
P-value | 0.675 | 0.075 | |||||||||
Duration of RD | < 5 | 2 | 3.0 | 13 | 19.4 | 52 | 77.6 | 11 | 16.4 | 56 | 83.6 |
5–9 | 2 | 3.3 | 14 | 23.0 | 45 | 73.8 | 6 | 9.8 | 55 | 90.2 | |
10+ | 1 | 2.9 | 5 | 14.7 | 28 | 82.4 | 4 | 11.8 | 30 | 88.2 | |
P-value | 0.913 | 0.527 | |||||||||
Are you on renal transplant waiting list? | Yes | 1 | 1.3 | 11 | 14.5 | 64 | 84.2 | 6 | 7.9 | 70 | 92.1 |
No | 4 | 4.7 | 21 | 24.4 | 61 | 70.9 | 15 | 17.4 | 71 | 82.6 | |
P-value | 0.111 | 0.049* | |||||||||
If yes, for how many years? | < 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 19.2 | 21 | 80.8 | 4 | 15.4 | 22 | 84.6 |
3–4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10.7 | 25 | 89.3 | 2 | 7.1 | 26 | 92.9 | |
5+ | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14.3 | 12 | 85. | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 100.0 | |
P-value | 0.676$ | 0.241$ | |||||||||
How adherent you are to the restrictions on the amount of liquids you are required to take daily (0–10)? | 1–4 | 3 | 12.5 | 13 | 54.2 | 8 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 100.0 |
5–7 | 1 | 1.6 | 9 | 14.5 | 52 | 83.9 | 10 | 16.1 | 52 | 83.9 | |
8–10 | 1 | 1.3 | 10 | 13.2 | 65 | 85.5 | 11 | 14.5 | 65 | 85.5 | |
P-value | 0.001*$ | 0.118$ | |||||||||
How adherent you are to the diet you are required to follow daily (0–10)? | 1–4 | 5 | 16.7 | 13 | 43.3 | 12 | 40.0 | 2 | 6.7 | 28 | 93.3 |
5–7 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 14.1 | 55 | 85.9 | 8 | 12.5 | 56 | 87.5 | |
8–10 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 14.7 | 58 | 85.3 | 11 | 16.2 | 57 | 83.8 | |
P-value | 0.001*$ | 0.430 | |||||||||