Table Info

Table 5.

Simple linear regression results of key variables related to ESRD and the SF-36 item health survey

Variables	B (Beta) coefficients	t-Value	p-Value	R Square (R²)	F-value
SP	0.263	8.207	< 0.001	0.398	67.35
EKD	0.184	5.418	< 0.001	0.223	29.35
BKD	0.131	3.831	< 0.001	0.126	14.67
PCS	0.192	3.593	< 0.001	0.112	12.90
MCS	0.355	5.726	< 0.001	0.243	32.79
PF	0.252	7.380	< 0.001	0.348	54.46
RP	0.142	5.419	< 0.001	0.224	29.36
RE	0.173	5.639	< 0.001	0.238	31.79
SF	0.102	2.734	0.007	0.068	17.47
BP	0.167	4.912	< 0.001	0.191	24.13
EWB	0.126	1.947	0.054	0.036	13.79
EF	0.175	3.582	< 0.001	0.112	12.83
GH	0.216	5.250	< 0.001	0.213	27.56

PF: physical functioning; RP: role physical; RE: role emotional; SF: social function; BP: bodily pain; EWB: emotional well-being; EF: energy and fatigue; GH: general health; SP: symptoms and problems; EKD: effects of kidney disease; BKD: burden of kidney disease; PCS: physical component summary; MCS: mental component summary; ESRD: end-stage renal disease

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Declarations

Acknowledgments

We sincerely acknowledge the invaluable support provided by the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, and the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh. We are also deeply grateful to the study participants for their significant contributions to this research.

Author contributions

GS: Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Formal analysis, Writing—original draft. PA: Supervision, Validation, Writing—review & editing, Formal analysis. PT: Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing—review & editing. SD and AT: Supervision, Validation, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali (IEC/78/2023-RI), as well as from the Ethics Committee of the Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh (GMCH/IEC/2024/1137R).

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