Table 2.
Patient Characteristics | Treatment Types | |||||
Haemodialysis1 | Peritoneal dialysis | Transplant | ||||
Indigenous | Non-Indigenous | Indigenous | Non-Indigenous | Indigenous | Non-Indigenous | |
Age range (18–65 yrs) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Male + female | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ |
English + non-English2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ |
Centre care + self care | ✓ | ✓ | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Relatively recent start on dialysis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
On/not on Tx waiting list | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | NA | NA |
Urban care setting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Regional care setting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ |
Remote care setting | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Health system settings (x 5 jurisdictions) | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | ✓ |
1 = see text for details of treatment types; 2 = first language is English, first language is not English ✓ = achieved x = not achieved;