Prevalence and Management of Chronic Pain, Including Neuropathic Pain, in Dialysis Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

16 May 2024 : Clinical Research

Klaudia Kitala-Tańska

^1ABDEF*, Ewa Kania-Zimnicka^2AB, Damian Tański

^3CDEF, Norbert Kwella

^4BDE, Tomasz Stompór

^4ADEF, Małgorzata Stompór

^5ADEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.943808

Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e943808

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Table 2 Comparison between the patients with chronic pain and patients without pain and indicated items using Pearson chi-squared test.

		Chronic pain		Chi-square value	Statistical significance
		Yes	No	Chi-square value	Statistical significance
Gender	Male	40	24	0.089	p=0.76
Gender	Female	21	11	0.089	p=0.76
Living alone	Yes	13	5	0.721	p=0.40
Living alone	No	48	30	0.721	p=0.40
Dementia	Yes	17	6	1.404	p=0.24
Dementia	No	44	29	1.404	p=0.24
Depression	Yes	44	12	13.105
Depression	No	17	23	13.105
Sleep disorder	Yes	40	12	8.769
Sleep disorder	No	21	23	8.769
Disability	Yes	11	3	1.598	p=0.21
Disability	No	50	32	1.598	p=0.21
Diabetes mellitus	Yes	23	10	0.822	p=0.36
Diabetes mellitus	No	38	25	0.822	p=0.36
COVID-19	Yes	34	15	1.476	p=0.22
COVID-19	No	27	20	1.476	p=0.22
Type of dialysis	HD	57	29	2.670	p=0.10
Type of dialysis	PD	4	6	2.670	p=0.10
Bolded data indicate statistically significant results (

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