BMC Nephrology

Table 6 Strength of evidence

From: Factors associated with self-care behavior in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review

Variables	Results						Strength of Evidence
	Significant				No Significant
	Positive association		Negative association		No Significant
	LQ	HQ	LQ	HQ	LQ	HQ
Age	[12, 20, 25]	[4]		[15]	[23]	[13]	Inconclusive
Education level	[12, 16, 25]	[4, 8]			[22]	[15]	Strong
Health literacy (HL)	[14]	[4, 8, 13]					Strong
Comorbidity			[23]	[4, 8]	[12]		Negative
Social support	[14, 21, 22]	[24]					Strong
Occupation	[25]	[13]		[4]			Inconclusive
Body mass index (BMI)			[12]	[4, 15]			Negative
Marital status	[12]	[17]				[4]	Moderate
Laboratory result				[4, 24]		[13]	Negative
Duration of CKD diagnosis		[4]		[15]	[12]		Inconclusive
Gender	[12]			[4]			Inconclusive
Disease Knowledge				[15]		[17]	Negative
Income		[8]			[25]		Weak
Smoking status		[13]		[4]			Inconclusive
Health education session	[12]	[4]					Moderate
Stage of CKD	[12]	[13]					Moderate
Psychology	[16]	[18]					Moderate
Treatment adherence	[22]						Inconclusive
Self-efficacy		[17]					Weak
Resilience	[23]						Inconclusive
Illness Perception	[19]						Inconclusive
Duration of dialysis					[22]		Inconclusive
Living status						[13]	Inconclusive

LQ = Low quality, HQ = High quality

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