Evaluation of Physical Symptoms in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis

Table 1

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics (41 patients).

Variable	Summary
Gender—male, 𝑛 (%)	23 (56.0)
Diabetes mellitus, 𝑛 (%)	8 (19.5%)
Type of PD modality, 𝑛 (%)
APD	17 (41.5)
CAPD	21 (51.5)
Total number of symptoms
Median (IQR)	10.0 (7–12.5)
Total scores
Median (IQR)	28.0 (18.5–36.0)
Abdominal score
Median (IQR)	6.0 (2.5–9.5)

IQR: interquartile range, HD: hemodialysis, PD: peritoneal dialysis, APD: automated peritoneal dialysis, HD: hemodialysis.