Adherence to Hemodialysis and Associated Factors among End Stage Renal Disease Patients at Selected Nephrology Units in Rwanda: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Associated factors of adherence to hemodialysis among ESRD participants.

Associated factors	N	Mean	95% Confidence interval	P value
Age
18 -30 years	5	26.11	26.76 – 28.84
41 – 50 years	9	26.17	25.06 – 27.16
51 – 60 years	11	25.91	23.24 – 29.09
Greater than 60 years	10	27.70	26.23 – 29.17
Religion
Christianity	39	26.90	26.29 – 27.50
Muslim	2	22.00	16,12 – 60.12
Frequency of Education from health care workers for importance of not missing dialysis sessions
Every dialysis session	36	27.22	26.71 – 27.73
Once a week	2	23.50	4.44 – 42.56
Relative importance of following sessions
Very Important	6	23.67	20.44 – 26.90
Highly important	34	27.21	26.65 – 27.76
Experiencing difficulties during hemodialysis
A lot of difficulty	6	23.67	20.80 – 26.53
Moderate difficulty	3	24.67	21.80 – 27.54
Little difficulty	11	27.00	26.14 – 27.85
No difficulty	21	27.62	26.88 – 28.36