Table 3: Laboratory data correlation with KDQOL.
*p<0.05, **p<0.01.
Dimension | K | Ca | P | Creatinine | Albumin | Hct |
General health | .201 | .167 | .136 | .316 | .232 | -.056 |
Physical functioning | .478** | .467** | .285 | .694** | .523** | .287 |
Role limitations--physical | .093 | .026 | .013 | .199 | .172 | .077 |
Role limitations--emotional | .234 | .304 | .090 | .354 | .449* | .132 |
Pain | .247 | .183 | .147 | .347 | .284 | .044 |
Social function | .259 | .207 | .170 | .416* | .241 | -.101 |
Emotional well-being | .415* | .285 | .211 | .415* | .552** | .043 |
Energy/fatigue | .341 | .318 | .242 | .464** | .437* | -.047 |
Burden of kidney disease | .306 | .220 | .285 | .215 | .378* | -.083 |
Cognitive function | .468** | .314 | .294 | .495** | .389* | -.092 |
Quality of social interaction | .454* | .184 | .386* | .384* | .308 | -.169 |
Symptom/problem list | .170 | .284 | .194 | .347 | .201 | -.016 |
Effects of kidney disease | .363* | .197 | .277 | .386* | .551** | .064 |
Sexual function | .090 | .159 | .417 | .197 | .507 | -.030 |
Sleep | .143 | .180 | .240 | .071 | .524** | -.246 |
Social support | .473** | .245 | .388* | .251 | .521** | -.202 |
Work status | .317 | .085 | .185 | .312 | .244 | .281 |
Patient satisfaction | -.219 | -.188 | .114 | -.066 | -.519** | -.374* |
Dialysis staff encouragement | -.329 | -.334 | .087 | -.103 | -.383* | -.458* |
Self Efficacy | .630** | .371* | .487** | .546** | .494** | .178 |
Health Care | .623** | .480** | .517** | .427* | .608** | .419* |
Age | -.325 | -.261 | -.297 | -.382* | -.481** | -.260 |
Dialysis year | .390* | .145 | .179 | .438* | .202 | .393* |