Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients (N = 350).

Table 1: Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients (N = 350).

		Ν	%
Age, Mean (SD^a)		56.5 (10.0)
Gender	Male	230	65.7
Gender	65.7	118	33.7
Marital Status	Unmarried	79	22.5
	Married	194	55.4
	Divorced	30	7.71
	Widows	47	13.4
Children	No	99	28.2
Children	Yes	250	71.4
Living alone	Yes	56	16.0
Living alone	No	294	84.0
Educational level	Illiterate	22	6.2
	Primary School	114	32.5
	Secondary School	78	22.2
	High School	79	22.5
	University Student	12	3.4
	University Graduate	44	12.5
Employment	Unemployed	55	15.7
	Household	39	11.1
	Self-employed	25	7.1
	Private employee	19	5.4
	State employee	12	3.4
	Retired	199	56.8
Co-existing diseases	Diabetes mellitus	79	22.5
	Hypertension	93	26.5
	Glomerulonephritis	65	18.5
	Polycystic disease	40	11.4
	Other	70	20.0
Years on Hemodialysis, Mean (SD^a)		6.5 (5.3)
Daily number of pills, Mean (SD^a)		7.1 (5.4)
Vascular access site	Fistula	226	64.5
	Graft	49	14.0
	Central Venous Catheter	74	21.1
Notes: ^aStandard Deviation.