Motivational psychological nursing reduces anxiety and depression in patients with rheumatic and immunological diseases combined with nephropathy

Table 1 Comparison of demographic characteristics between the two groups, n (%)

Parameters	Observation group (n = 102)	Control group (n = 104)	t/χ2	P value
Age, year	52.85 ± 9.75	53.54 ± 9.33	0.515	0.607
Disease duration, years	10.89 ± 2.27	11.26 ± 2.12	1.230	0.220
Gender			0.475	0.491
Male	50 (49.02)	46 (44.23)
Female	52 (50.98)	58 (55.77)
Employment			0.009	0.925
Yes	70 (68.63)	72 (69.23)
No	32 (31.37)	32 (30.77)
Live with family			0.001	0.972
Yes	96 (94.12)	98 (94.23)
No	6 (5.88)	6 (5.77)
Education			2.529	0.772
No education	11 (10.78)	7 (6.73)
Primary school	40 (39.22)	39 (37.50)
High school	17 (16.67)	16 (15.38)
Vocational education	19 (18.63)	24 (23.08)
Bachelor	14 (13.73)	15 (14.42)
Master degree	1 (0.98)	3 (2.88)
Marital status			0.834	0.841
Single	2 (1.96)	2 (1.92)
Married	83 (81.37)	88 (84.62)
Divorced/separated	4 (3.92)	2 (1.92)
Widowed	13 (12.75)	12 (11.54)
Hypertension	52 (50.98)	53 (50.96)	0.000	0.998
Diabetes	7 (6.86)	11 (10.58)	0.891	0.345
Systolic BP (mmHg)	126.22 ± 8.31	125.81 ± 7.51	0.377	0.707
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	77.60 ± 7.51	76.61 ± 8.42	0.892	0.374
Estimated GFR, mL/minute/1.73 m2	132.61 ± 44.02	132.71 ± 38.33	0.018	0.986

GFR: Glomerular filtration rate; BP: Blood pressure.