[Retracted] Social Support as a Mediator of the Relationship between Hope and Decisional Conflict in Patients Deciding Whether to Receive Dialysis

Table 1

Participant characteristics (N = 85).

Characteristics	Mean ± SD	n	(%)
Age (years)	68.09 ± 7.03
<65		20	23.5
≧65		65	76.5
Sex
Female		34	40.0
Male		51	60.0
Marital status
Single		21	25
Married		63	75
Religion
Yes		69	81.2
No		16	18.8
Educational level
Illiterate		23	27.1
Elementary school		40	47.1
Junior high school		13	15.3
Senior high school		6	7.1
College or above		3	3.5
Employment status
Employed		29	34.1
Unemployed		56	65.9
Pre-ESRD education program
Received		59	69.4
Not yet		26	30.6