Table 3 Comparison of the two groups regarding treatment adherence, laboratory tests, inter-dialytic weight gain, and hope before and after the intervention

Treatment adherence

Intervention

1037.8

103.5

1070.2

80.1

Control

1013.8

117.9

1018.4

105.3

**p-Value

0.352

0.019

Blood urea nitrogen

Intervention

56.3

13.9

53.0

14.1

Control

57.8

12.1

59.3

12.1

**p-Value

0.611

0.045

Creatinine

Intervention

5.5

0.7

5.3

0.6

Control

5.4

0.5

5.3

0.6

**p-Value

0.503

0.680

Potassium

Intervention

5.07

0.5

4.9

0.4

Control

5.1

0.4

5

0.4

** p-Value

0.768

0.589

Phosphorus

Intervention

5.6

0.9

5.2

0.7

Control

5.8

0.9

5.6

0.8

**p-Value

0.206

0.049

Inter-dialytic weight gain

Intervention

2.1

0.7

1.9

0.7

Control

2.3

0.5

2.2

0.6

**p-Value

0.090

0.031

Hope score

Intervention

39.6

5.5

42.1

6.1

Control

38.9

4.7

38.7

6.5

**p-Value

0.542

0.024