Table 6 Relation between presence of symptoms and CAM use and HD patients’ QoL (physical dimension)

Intercept

3.12

 < 0.001

3.28

 < 0.001

Symptoms, number

-0.11

 < 0.001

-0.11

 < 0.001

CAM profile 1

xxx

xxx

0.27

0.334

CAM profile 2

xxx

xxx

0.38

0.213

CAM profile 3

xxx

xxx

0.47

0.029

CAM profile 4

xxx

xxx

-0.01

0.956

CAM use, yes

0.30

0.070

xxx

xxx

Age, years

0.01

0.337

0.01

0.535

Gender, male

0.39

0.029

0.40

0.028

Civil status, separated

0.36

0.216

0.25

0.413

Civil status, free union

0.16

0.554

0.04

0.887

Civil status, widow

0.23

0.497

0.12

0.731

Work status, inactive

0.17

0.595

0.12

0.722

Work status, retired

-0.18

0.502

-0.15

0.598

Children, yes

0.18

0.328

0.27

0.164

Smoking status, old smoker

-0.02

0.893

-0.04

0.841

Smoking status, current smoker

-0.18

0.538

-0.14

0.618

Months in hemodialysis

≈0.00

0.845

≈0.00

0.967

Other method of dialysis, yes

0.35

0.241

0.44

0.155

On transplantation waiting list, yes

0.15

0.460

0.11

0.582

Use of antihypertensive, yes

-0.18

0.477

-0.08

0.758

Use of vitamins, yes

0.13

0.565

0.22

0.367

Use of iron supplements, yes

0.28

0.174

0.20

0.383

Use of painkiller, yes

-0.43

0.017

-0.48

0.011

Use of antidepressants, yes

0.12

0.615

0.06

0.800

Use of others treatments, yes

0.02

0.885

0.03

0.858

Cardiac insufficiency, present

-0.43

0.077

-0.53

0.038

Arterial hypertension, present

-0.04

0.858

-0.06

0.802

Diabetes, present

-0.11

0.486

-0.05

0.752

COPD, present

0.18

0.597

0.21

0.536

Heart arrhythmia, present

0.36

0.076

0.40

0.061

Legs arteritis, present

0.38

0.139

0.47

0.078

Cancer, present

-0.45

0.127

-0.35

0.242

Hepatitis, present

-0.06

0.881

-0.08

0.838

N = 85

N = 85

Adjusted R-squared = 0.39

Adjusted R-squared = 0.39