Spiritual Well-Being and Associated Factors in End-Stage Renal Disease

Table 3

Multiple linear regression (stepwise method) with FACIT-Sp12 Scale as a dependent value and patients characteristics as independent variables (n = 367).

FACIT-Sp12 scale	Predictors	β	SE	95% CI	value
Meaning	Constant (α)	11.450	0.866	9.747 to 13.153	<0.001
	Area of residence
	Urban (reference category)	0	—	—	—
	Non-urban	−1.399	0.330	−2.047 to −0.750	<0.001
	Marital status
	Married (reference category)	0	—	—	—
	Unmarried	−1.049	0.315	−1.669 to −0.428	0.001
	Educational level
	Primary (reference category)	0	—	—	—
	Secondary	1.118	0.344	0.442 to 1.794	0.001
	University	1.494	0.458	0.593 to 2.395	0.001
	How close to God are you?	0.514	0.139	0.240 to 0.788	<0.001
	Current activity level	0.741	0.146	0.454 to 1.027	<0.001
	R^2 = 22.3%, F = 18.525,  < 0.001	—	—	—	—
FACIT-Sp12 Scale	Predictors	β	SE	95% CI	value
Peace	Constant (α)	6.829	0.956	4.950 to 8.708	<0.001
	Marital status
	Married (reference category)	0	—	—	—
	Unmarried	−0.919	0.325	−1.558 to −0.281	0.005
	Educational level
	Primary	−1.703	0.462	−2.612 to −0.794	<0.001
	Secondary	−1.369	0.444	−2.242 to −0.497	0.002
	University (reference category)	0	—	—	—
	How close to God are you?	0.778	0.143	0.496 to 1.060	<0.001
	Other health problems
	Yes (reference category)	0	—	—	—
	No	0.682	0.333	0.027 to 1.337	0.041
	Current activity level	0.819	0.159	0.506 to 1.132	<0.001
	R^2 = 22.7%, F = 18.897,  < 0.001	—	—	—	—
FACIT-Sp12 Scale	Predictors	β	SE	95% CI	value
Faith	Constant (α)	3.585	0.737	2.135 to 5.035	<0.001
	Area of residence
	Urban (reference category)	0	—	—	—
	Non-urban	−0.690	0.348	−1.375 to −0.005	0.048
	How religious are you?	0.855	0.269	0.325 to 1.385	0.002
	How close to God are you?	1.420	0.263	0.903 to 1.936	<0.001
	Current activity level	0.343	0.151	0.047 to 0.639	0.023
	R^2 = 37.7%, F = 56.328,  < 0.001	—	—	—	—
FACIT-Sp12 Scale	Predictors	β	SE	95% CI	value
Total FACIT-Sp-12	Constant (α)	26.185	2.057	22.140 to 30.230	<0.001
	Area of residence
	Urban (reference category)	0	—	—	—
	Non-urban	−2.372	0.752	−3.852 to −0.892	0.002
	Marital status
	Married (reference category)	0	—	—	—
	Unmarried	−2.493	0.719	−3.907 to −1.078	0.001
	Educational level
	Primary	−3.237	1.045	−5.292 to −1.182	0.002
	Secondary	−2.482	0.992	−4.432 to −0.531	0.013
	University (reference category)	0	—	—	—
	How close to God are you?	3.337	0.318	2.712 to 3.962	<0.001
	Current activity level	1.995	0.333	1.341 to 2.648	<0.001
	R^2 = 36.1%, F = 35.461,  < 0.001	—	—	—	—

Notes: β = regression coefficient, SE = standard error, CI = confidence interval. In the multivariate model, the characteristics of the patients were included in the bivariate analysis with a significance level at 0.25.