Quality of Life, Depression, and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Renal Replacement Therapies in Saudi Arabia

Table 3

The difference between QOL and Demographic variables.

		HD				TX				PD
		PCS		MCS		PCS		MCS		PCS		MCS
		Mean (SD)	P value	Mean (SD)	P value	Mean (SD)	P value	Mean (SD)	P value	Mean (SD)	P value	Mean (SD)	P value
Gender	Male	43.7 (9.8)	0.004	48.8 (8.2)	0.086	45.6 (8.8)	0.513	49.8 (9.8)	0.181	42.6 (10.0)	0.511	44.1 (10.1)	0.391
	Female	36.6 (12.8)		45.3 (10.7)		44.4 (8.3)		47.1 (8.7)		40.0 (5.2)		40.0 (10.4)
Marital status	Unmarried	43.4 (10.4)	0.277	49.3 (8.2)	0.190	47.7 (8.3)	0.050	48.4 (8.3)	0.745	42.0 (8.4)	0.807	40.3 (5.2)	0.449
	Married	41.0 (11.3)		47.0 (9.4)		43.9 (8.5)		49.0 (10.0)		41.0 (8.3)		43.9 (13.0)
Education level	Illiterate	39.3 (10.7)	0.004	47.2 (10.3)	0.455	39.0 (10.9)	0.031	46.3 (13.8)	0.361	34.5 (4.6)	0.683	49.5 (21.6)	0.762
	G1–8	39.8 (12.0)		48.0 (8.5)		40.8 (7.8)		49.2 (9.2)		40.1 (3.7)		43.7 (9.9)
	G9–12	47.3 (8.3)		49.7 (7.8)		47.8 (6.3)		46.7 (8.8)		42.9 (9.9)		39.3 (8.3)
	Diploma	37.9 (10.6)		47.8 (8.8)		44.5 (7.6)		50.9 (8.7)		44.7 (7.4)		40.3 (7.4)
	BSc and more	37.7 (12.2)		44.6 (10.6)		45.8 (10.8)		51.3 (10.0)		40.2 (11.6)		45.2 (14.4)
Employment status	Working	45.8 (7.4)	0.014	50.6 (4.1)	0.315	45.3 (7.5)	0.669	51.0 (9.4)	0.175	43.4 (9.8)	0.461	43.2 (9.0)	0.899
	Not working	42.7 (10.2)		47.2 (9.4)		45.8 (9.0)		48.3 (9.5)		38.1 (4.6)		40.7 (12.4)
	Retired	36.6 (13.8)		47.5 (10.8)		43.7 (8.6)		46.2 (8.9)		40.8 (6.1)		42.0 (13.5)
Smoking	Yes	44.2 (8.2)	0.150	47.4 (7.9)	0.726	51.9 (9.7)	0.048	50.2 (10.1)	0.720	51.0 (3.5)	0.022	45.0 (8.0)	0.619
	No	41.2 (11.7)		48.1 (9.3)		44.7 (8.4)		48.7 (9.4)		39.8 (7.5)		41.8 (10.6)
Nationality	Saudi	41.8 (11.1)	0.861	49.2 (8.6)	0.164	45.2 (8.7)	0.915	48.6 (9.2)	0.357	41.8 (8.3)	0.707	42.7 (10.8)	0.671
	Non-Saudi	42.2 (10.9)		46.8 (9.2)		45.7 (3.0)		53.8 (16.4)		39.8 (8.1)		39.9 (6.0)

Significant.