Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants
Variable | Frequency (%) N (167) |
|---|---|
Age category (year) | |
< 60 | 80 (47.9) |
≥ 60 | 87 (52.1) |
Gender | |
Male | 87 (52.1) |
Female | 80 (47.9) |
BMI | |
Underweight | 5 (3.0) |
Normal | 59 (35.3) |
Overweight | 51 (30.5) |
Obese | 52 (31.1) |
Education | |
No formal education | 10 (6.0) |
Primary | 62 (37.1) |
Secondary | 32 (19.2) |
High | 32 (19.2) |
Graduated | 31 (18.6) |
Household income (month) | |
High (more than 5000 NIS) | 5 (3.0) |
Moderate (2000–4999 NIS) | 51 (30.5) |
Low (less than 2000 NIS) | 111 (66.5) |
Residency | |
Refugee camps | 27 (16.2) |
Village | 67 (40.1) |
Town | 73 (43.7) |
Living status | |
Alone | 10 (6.0) |
With family | 157 (94.0) |
Marital status | |
Single, divorced, widowed | 36 (21.6) |
Married | 131 (78.4) |
Occupation | |
Employed | 20 (12.0) |
Unemployed | 127 (76.0) |
House wife | 20 (12.0) |
Dialysis vintage (years) | |
< 4 | 99 (59.3) |
≥ 4 | 68 (40.7) |
Dialysis per week | |
≤ 2 | 5 (3.0) |
3 | 158 (94.6) |
≥ 4 | 4 (2.4) |
Dialysis session duration (hours) | |
< 4 | 87 (52.1) |
≥ 4 | 80 (47.9) |
Transplantation history | |
Yes | 16 (9.6) |
No | 151 (90.4) |
Total chronic co-morbid diseases | |
None | 14 (8.4) |
1 | 38 (22.8) |
2 | 61 (36.5) |
≥ 3 | 54 (32.4) |
Chronic medications | |
< 4 | 64 (38.3) |
≥ 4 | 103 (61.7) |