Table 1.

Demographic details of participants

	Participant number	Age (years)	Sex	Modality	Self-described Ethnicity	Caregiver relationship
Individual interviews
	Patient 1 + Caregiver 1*	79	F	CKD	Welsh	Husband
	Patient 2	72	M	CKD	Australian	N/A
	Patient 3	73	F	HD	Australian	N/A
	Patient 4	88	M	HD	Polish	N/A
	Patient 5	64	M	HD	Australian	N/A
	Caregiver 2	81	F	CKD	Serbian	Daughter
	Patient 6 + Caregiver 3*	63	M	CKD	Australian	Wife
Group 1
	Patient 7	50	M	CKD	Māori	N/A
	Patient 8	59	F	HD	Greek	N/A
	Patient 9	61	F	CKD	Lebanese	N/A
	Patient 10	72	F	CKD	Australian	N/A
Group 2
	Patient 11	72	M	HD	Australian	N/A
	Patient 12	74	M	HD	Aboriginal Australian	N/A

*demographic details of caregiver not collected; all patient participants scored > = 3 on Fried Frailty assessment

CKD: chronic kidney disease

HD: haemodialysis