Collaborative mental health care improves well-being and reduces complications in hemodialysis patients

Table 1 Comparison of general baseline characteristics between the two groups

Item	Control (n = 64)	Study (n = 64)	Statistic	P value
Sex (male/female)	38/26	36/28	χ2 = 0.127	0.722
Age (years)	53.4 ± 4.5	53.8 ± 5.2	t = -0.478	0.633
Dry weight (kg)	58.3 ± 6.9	57.8 ± 7.2	t = 0.408	0.684
Dialysis vintage (months)	38.2 ± 12.6	36.9 ± 11.8	t = 0.598	0.551
Residual urine volume (mL/24 hours)	245.6 ± 85.3	238.4 ± 79.7	t = 0.502	0.616

Table 2 Comparison of Self-Rating Anxiety Scale scores and Self-Rating Depression Scale scores of the two groups of patients before and after nursing intervention

Group	n	SAS score		SDS score
		Before the intervention	After the intervention	Before the intervention	After the intervention
Control group	64	38.25 ± 6.25	29.00 ± 5.10a	36.33 ± 4.85	26.96 ± 4.28a
Study group	64	38.28 ± 6.34	18.56 ± 5.08a	35.35 ± 4.74	15.40 ± 4.36a
t value		0.03	11.84	1.16	11.56
P value		0.980	0.001	0.249	0.001

^aP < 0.001 vs before nursing.

SAS: Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: Self-Rating Depression Scale.

Table 3 Comparison of World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF scores of the two groups of patients before and after treatment

Group	n	Physical health		Mental health		Social relations		Environment
		Before the intervention	After the intervention	Before the intervention	After the intervention	Before the intervention	After the intervention	Before the intervention	After the intervention
Control group	64	9.13 ± 2.10	11.16 ± 2.18a	10.96 ± 2.44	12.87 ± 2.27a	12.37 ± 2.37	13.56 ± 2.41a	13.10 ± 2.19	15.46 ± 2.15a
Study group	64	8.98 ± 2.31	12.57 ± 3.02a	11.07 ± 2.53	14.46 ± 2.32a	12.40 ± 3.05	14.85 ± 2.33a	13.22 ± 2.44	16.97 ± 1.88a
t value		0.285	3.812	0.43	4.768	0.645	3.078	0.898	5.837
P value		0.768	< 0.001	0.658	< 0.001	0.521	0.001	0.38	< 0.001

^aP < 0.001 vs before nursing.

Table 4 Comparison of Kidney Disease Quality of Life scores before and after intervention in the two groups of patients

Group	n	General health conditions				Specific areas of kidney diseases
		Before the intervention	After the intervention	t value	P value	Before the intervention	After the intervention	t value	P value
Control group	64	65.47 ± 10.21	68.23 ± 9.68	4.497	< 0.001	60.27 ± 9.74	63.59 ± 10.37	14.034	< 0.001
Study group	64	66.21 ± 9.56	1.25 ± 10.10	10.657	< 0.001	60.30 ± 10.32	68.35 ± 9.87	29.152	< 0.001
t value		0.495	3.214			0.495	3.214
P value		0.632	0.023			0.632	0.023

Table 5 Comparison of the incidence of complications during treatment between the two groups of patients, n (%)

Group	n	Infection	Hypertension	Hypotension complications	Anemia
Control group	64	4 (6.25)	24 (37.5)	27 (42.18)	9 (14.06)
Study group	64	2 (3.13)	15 (23.44)	16 (25.00)	2 (3.12)
χ2 value		0.174	3.125	4.126	4.873
P value		0.405	0.047	0.042	0.028