Quality of Life of Palestinian Patients on Hemodialysis: Cross-Sectional Observational Study

Table 2

The mean scores for each subject of the 3 mean domains of the KDQOL-SF36 instrument among studied HD (hemodialysis) patients (N = 271).

	Number of items	Cronbach α	Mean ± SD
PCS			41.15 ± 18.78
Physical functioning	10	0.925	43.86 ± 29.61
Role-physical	4	0.820	27.58 ± 35.85
Pain	2	0.839	52.51 ± 24.77
General health	5	0.554	40.66 ± 14.94
MCS			47.10 ± 19.69
Energy/fatigue	4	0.783	42.25 ± 19.57
Social function	2	0.716	53.92 ± 24.49
Role emotional	3	0.773	37.39 ± 39.91
Emotional well being	5	0.788	58.42 ± 20.06
KDCS			59.86 ± 12.62
Symptoms/problems list	12	0.789	66.03 ± 15.62
Effect of kidney disease on daily life	8	0.608	61.88 ± 17.17
Burden of kidney disease	4	0.707	44.21 ± 20.46
Cognitive function	3	0.722	65.09 ± 20.75
Work status	2	0.636	34.87 ± 40.50
Sexual function	2	0.943	58.89 ± 30.49
Quality of social interaction	3	0.659	70.60 ± 19.40
Sleep	4	0.700	55.57 ± 17.15
Social support	2	0.652	81.48 ± 21.05
Dialysis staff encouragement	2	0.745	63.47 ± 22.48
Patient satisfaction	1	NA	58.73 ± 21.79

PCS: physical health component summary, MCS: mental health component summary, KDCS: kidney disease component summary.