Sleep Parameters in Short Daily versus Conventional Dialysis: An Actigraphic Study

Table 1

Demographic and clinical variables of patients undergoing dialysis).

	Daily hemodialysis	Conventional hemodialysis
	Age (years)				0.002
Sex			0.044
Male	24 (66.7)	16 (43.2)
Female	12 (33.3)	21 (56.8)
Schooling (years)			<0.0001
Hemodialysis vintage (months)			0.650
Treatment shift			0.074
Morning	22 (61.1)	27 (73.0)
Afternoon	9 (25.0)	10 (27.0)
Night	5 (13.9)	0 (0.0)
Use of hypnotics			0.091
Yes	8 (22.2)	3 (8.1)
No	28 (77.8)	34 (91.9)
Use of antidepressants			0.0004
Yes	16 (44.4)	3 (8.1)
No	20 (55.6)	34 (91.9)
Other psychotropic medications			0.590
Yes	6 (16.7)	8 (21.6)
No	30 (83.3)	29 (78.4)
Use of tobacco			0.674
Yes	3 (8.3)	2 (5.4)
No	33 (91.7)	35 (94.6)
Use of alcohol			0.188
Yes	8 (22.2)	4 (10.8)
No	28 (77.8)	33 (89.2)
Scales
MMSE			0.378
BDI-II			0.013
Body mass index (kg⋅m^2)			0.577
Hemoglobin (g/dL)			0.071
Iron (µg/dL)			0.742
Ferritin (ng/mL)			0.499
Albumin (g/dL)			0.563
Predialysis urea level (mg/dL)			0.003
Postdialysis urea level (mg/dL)			0.0005
Potassium (mEq/L)			0.031
Phosphorus (mg/dL)			0.725
Calcium (mg/dL)			0.393

  ± standard deviation or frequency (%). ’s -test, Mann–Whitney test, or Pearson’s chi-square.