Research Article
Spiritual Well-Being and Associated Factors in End-Stage Renal Disease
Table 1
Characteristics of the sample (n = 367).
| Characteristics | | % |
| Gender | Male | 228 | 62.1% | Female | 139 | 37.9% |
| Age (years) | ≤39 | 37 | 10.1% | 40–59 | 113 | 30.8% | 60–79 | 172 | 46.9% | ≥80 | 45 | 12.3% | Mean ± SD | 61.80 ± 15.11 | Range | 18–92 |
| Place of residence | Rural area | 64 | 17.4% | Suburban area | 56 | 15.3% | Urban area | 247 | 67.3% |
| Marital status | Unmarried | 69 | 18.8% | Married | 217 | 59.1% | Divorced | 31 | 8.4% | Widowed | 50 | 13.6% |
| Number of children | 0 | 108 | 29.4% | 1–2 | 189 | 51.5% | ≥3 | 70 | 19.1% | Mean ± SD | 1.57 ± 1.41 | Range | 0–10 |
| Do you live alone? | Yes | 86 | 23.4% | No | 281 | 76.6% |
| Educational level | Some classes of elementary school | 28 | 7.6% | Elementary school graduate | 116 | 31.6% | High school graduate | 160 | 43.6% | University graduate | 63 | 17.2% |
| Professional status | Unemployed | 37 | 10.1% | Household | 36 | 9.8% | Self-employed | 40 | 10.9% | Private employee | 15 | 4.1% | Civil servant | 15 | 4.1% | Retired | 224 | 61.0% |
| Religion | Christian Orthodox | 352 | 95.9% | Christian Catholic | 0 | 0.0% | Muslim | 6 | 1.6% | Other | 9 | 2.5% |
| How religious are you? | 0 = not at all | 20 | 5.4% | 1 = a little | 37 | 10.1% | 2 = somehow | 100 | 27.2% | 3 = much | 139 | 37.9% | 4 = very much | 71 | 19.3% |
| How close do you feel to God? | 0 = not at all | 21 | 5.7% | 1 = a little | 40 | 10.9% | 2 = somehow | 102 | 27.8% | 3 = much | 128 | 34.9% | 4 = very much | 76 | 20.7% |
| Duration of dialysis (years) | 1–5 | 231 | 62.9% | 6–10 | 89 | 24.3% | 11–15 | 25 | 6.8% | ≥16 | 22 | 6.0% |
| Experiencing other health problems? | Yes | 193 | 52.6% | No | 174 | 47.4% |
| Current level of activity | 0 = very bad (I cannot get out of bed) | 14 | 3.8% | 1 = bad (require bed rest for more than 50% of the day) | 59 | 16.1% | 2 = moderate (require bed rest for less than 50% of the day) | 109 | 29.7% | 3 = good (some symptoms, but I do not require bed rest during the day) | 115 | 31.3% |
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