Effect of Regular Exercise Program on Depression in Hemodialysis Patients

Table 1

Distribution of frequency and frequency percent of case and control groups according to the variables of marital status, sex, educational level, hemodialysis time, hemodialysis duration, and age.

Demographic characteristics	Group name
	Case number (percent)	Control number (percent)	Statistical test
Marital status
Married	20 (80)	20 (76.9)	= 0.71; = 0.789
Single	5 (20)	6 (23.1)
Sex
Male	21 (84)	14 (53.8)	= 4.38; = 0.01
Female	4 (16)	12 (46.2)
Educational level
Elementary and junior	11 (44)	18 (69.3)	= 4.95; = 0.292
High school	11 (44)	5 (19.2)
Academic	3 (12)	3 (11.5)
Hemodialysis time
Morning	16 (64)	17 (65.4)	= 4.77; = 0.092
Evening	6 (24)	9 (34.6)
Night	3 (12)	0 (00.0)
Age and dialysis duration	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Statistical test
Age (year)	43.96 ± 7.86	42.61 ± 12.67	= 1.34; = 0.653
Hemodialysis duration (year)	3.56 ± 3.24	2.96 ± 2.25	= 0.786; = 0.446

Is statically significant.