Factors Affecting Hemodialysis Patients' Satisfaction with Their Dialysis Therapy

Table 7

Comparing scores in the 15 QOL domains by Center.

	Riyadh		Dammam		Buraidah
	Mean	STD	Mean	STD	Mean	STD
Dialysis effect on life	6.16	2.64	4.56	2.29	4.62	2.01
Stress level	3.51	1.91	2.12	1.78	3.78	2.38
Overall health	6.15	2.52	2.65	2.11	4.02	2.26
Family life	7.55	2.73	3.77	2.25	4.37	2.14
Social life	7.40	2.66	4.24	2.35	4.14	2.19
Independency	6.12	2.10	4.56	2.31	3.94	2.40
Finance	6.12	2.77	5.10	5.03	4.00	2.33
Effect on mood	4.89	2.16	2.78	2.25	1.63	1.82
Effect on praying	9.70	1.09	5.70	2.49	8.45	1.22
Effect on sexual life	3.13	2.53	2.35	2.11	1.43	1.31
Effect on energy	4.60	2.44	2.59	2.04	1.52	1.45
Effect on hobbies	3.02	2.68	2.41	1.93	2.12	2.05
Exercise ability	2.42	2.32	1.99	1.61	1.81	1.79
Living arrangements	5.68	1.91	4.48	2.84	4.77	1.91
Appetite	5.57	2.48	5.29	2.82	5.31	1.35
Body image	4.49	2.42	3.82	2.71	4.71	1.92
Mean	5.41		3.65		3.79