Impact of narrative support on stigma, anxiety, and depression in young and middle-aged patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis, n (%)/mean ± SD

Characteristics	Observation group (n = 85)	Control group (n = 73)	P value
Age	45.20 ± 6.54	43.41 ± 7.26	0.105
Sex			0.492
Male	49 (57.65)	46 (63.01)
Female	36 (42.35)	27 (36.99)
BMI (kg/m2)	21.40 ± 3.37	21.15 ± 2.94	0.636
Dialysis vintage			0.563
1-3 years	47 (55.29)	36 (49.32)
> 3 years	38 (44.71)	37 (50.68)
Employment status			0.941
Employed	43 (50.59)	35 (47.95)
Unemployed	27 (31.76)	24 (32.88)
Retired	15 (17.65)	14 (19.18)
Marital status			0.500
Married	70 (82.35)	57 (78.08)
Single	15 (17.65)	16 (21.92)
Education level			0.643
Junior high school and below	33 (38.82)	29 (39.73)
High school or junior college	42 (49.41)	32 (43.84)
College and above	10 (11.76)	12 (16.44)
Per capita monthly household income (RMB)			0.436
≤ 3000	46 (54.12)	44 (60.27)
> 3000	39 (45.88)	29 (39.73)
Form of payment			1.0001
Self-financed	2 (2.35)	2 (2.74)
Medical insurance	83 (97.65)	71 (97.26)
Primary disease			0.911
Diabetes	30 (35.29)	24 (32.88)
Hypertension	18 (21.18)	18 (24.66)
Chronic glomerulonephritis	25 (29.41)	18 (24.66)
Polycystic kidney disease	7 (8.24)	7 (9.59)
Others	5 (5.88)	6 (8.22)
Hb (g/L)	113.73 ± 12.59	111.16 ± 12.13	0.193
Serum albumin (g/L)	40.05 ± 4.42	39.06 ± 3.11	0.111
Serum calcium (mmol/L)	2.40 ± 0.48	2.51 ± 0.38	0.117
Serum phosphorus (mmol/L)	1.90 ± 0.42	1.86 ± 0.38	0.535
Kt/V	1.23 ± 0.33	1.20 ± 0.26	0.551
Urea reduction ratio (%)	65.04 ± 15.61	62.14 ± 17.35	0.270

¹Fisher’s exact test.

BMI: Body mass index; Hb: Hemoglobin; Kt/V: Urea clearance index.