Table 2 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants (N=360)
Demographic characteristics | Frequency(percent) | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 155(43.1) |
Male | 205(56.9) | |
Marital status | Single | 27(7.5) |
Married | 313(86.9) | |
Divorced | 5(1.4) | |
Widowed | 15(4.2) | |
Financial condition | Poor | 93(25.8) |
Moderate | 184(51.1) | |
Good | 83(23.1) | |
Occupation | Unemployed | 99(27.5) |
Self-employed | 84(23.3) | |
Government employee | 10(2.8) | |
Retiree | 51(14.2) | |
Homemaker | 112(31.1) | |
Student | 4(1.1) | |
Insurance | Yes | 339(94.2) |
No | 21(5.8) | |
Place of residence | Urban | 159(44.2) |
Rural | 194(53.9) | |
Suburban | 7(1.9) | |
Education level | Illiterate | 112(31.1) |
Primary school | 84(23.3) | |
High school | 48(13.3) | |
Diploma | 95(26.4) | |
Bachelor | 17(4.7) | |
Master and doctorate | 4(1.1) | |
Living situation | With spouse | 148(41.1) |
With spouse and children | 150(41.7) | |
With children | 24(6.7) | |
With parents | 22(6.1) | |
With relatives | 2(0.6) | |
Alone | 14(3.9) | |
Chronic disease | Yes | 17(4.7) |
No | 343(95.3) | |
Vascular access | Fistula | 256(71.1) |
Shaldon | 15(4.2) | |
PermCath | 84(23.3) | |
Graft | 5(1.4) | |
Hemodialysis duration | 180 minutes | 146(40.6) |
12- minutes | 37(10.3) | |
240 minutes | 177(49.2) | |