Effectiveness of exercise on fatigue in hemodialysis patients: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Comparison of patients’ characteristics between the intervention and control groups

Group		The control group		The intervention group		Statistical test	P value
Variable		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Statistical test	P value
Age (yr.)		54.65	10.02	57.80	9.17	0.99^a	0.32
Duration of dialysis (month)		36.94	20.37	43.5	39.19	- 0.21^b	0.84
		n	%	n	%
Sex	Female	4	23.5	7	35	0.58^c	0.45
Sex	Male	13	76.5	13	65	0.58^c	0.45
Education	Illiterate	6	35.3	2	10	5.6^d	0.24
	Under diploma	4	23.5	11	55
	Diploma	4	23.5	3	15
	Academic	3	17.7	4	20
Doing exercise	Regularly	0	0	3	15	2.89^d	0.32
	Sometimes	8	47.1	6	30
	Never	9	52.9	11	55
Cause of kidney failure	Diabetes	10	58.8	12	60	2.7^d	0.75
	Hypertension	3	17.6	4	20
	Polycystic kidney	2	11.8	4	20
	Others	2	11.8	0	0
History of other disease	Yes	4	23.5	11	55	3.78^c	0.053
History of other disease	No	13	76.5	9	45	3.78^c	0.053

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