Reliability and validity of the preparatory grief scale for use with hemodialysis patients

Table 1 General information of the research subjects, n (%)

Characteristic	n = 327
Gender
Male	198 (60.6)
Female	129 (39.4)
Age (years)	57.35 ± 12.78
Education level
Junior high	153 (46.8)
Senior high school	106 (32.4)
College	68 (20.8)
Working status
Unemployed	159 (48.6)
Emeritus/retired	96 (29.4)
Employed	72 (22.0)
Monthly household income (yuan)
1000-4999	194 (59.3)
> 4999	133 (40.7)
Medical care payment approach
Social medical insurance	249 (76.1)
Free medical care expenses	78 (23.9)
Religious beliefs
Buddhist beliefs	28 (8.6)
Christian beliefs	37 (11.3)
No beliefs	262 (80.1)