Social support, religiosity, and quality of life among haemodialysis patients in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Social support among haemodialysis patients by their bio-clinical data, Saudi Arabia

Bio-demographic data	Perceived social support						P-value
	Low		Medium		High
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Age in years
< 30	3	13.6	3	13.6	16	72.7	0.158
30–39	1	3.0	2	6.1	30	90.9
40–49	2	5.0	5	12.5	33	82.5
50+	2	3.0	15	22.4	50	74.6
Gender
Male	5	5.7	9	10.3	73	83.9	0.147
Female	3	4.0	16	21.3	56	74.7	0.147
Work
Unemployed	3	3.2	15	15.8	77	81.1	0.346
Employed	4	11.4	4	11.4	27	77.1
Retired	1	3.1	6	18.8	25	78.1
Marital status
Single	4	9.8	3	7.3	34	82.9	0.007*
Married	4	4.0	14	13.9	83	82.2
Divorced/widow	0	0.0	8	40.0	12	60.0
Educational level
Non-literate	0	0.0	8	28.6	20	71.4	0.234
Basic education (able to read/write)	3	10.0	4	13.3	23	76.7
Secondary education	2	3.5	6	10.5	49	86.0
University/more	3	6.4	7	14.9	37	78.7
Monthly income
< 5000 SR	5	6.8	14	19.2	54	74.0	0.372
5000–10,000 SR	3	6.3	8	16.7	37	77.1
10,000–15,000 SR	0	0.0	2	6.5	29	93.5
> 15,000 SR	0	0.0	1	10.0	9	90.0
Other diseases
Yes	6	5.0	18	14.9	97	80.2	0.945
No	2	4.9	7	17.1	32	78.0	0.945
Duration of RD
< 5	3	4.5	10	14.9	54	80.6	0.828
5–9	4	6.6	8	13.1	49	80.3
10+	1	2.9	7	20.6	26	76.5
Frequency of RD sessions/week
2	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0.710
3	8	5.0	24	15.1	127	79.9
4	0	0.0	1	50.0	1	50.0
Are you on renal transplant waiting list?
Yes	4	5.3	7	9.2	65	85.5	0.120
No	4	4.7	18	20.9	64	74.4	0.120