Table 2.
Included studies
| Study | Country | Year | No. | Age, yr | Sex | Duration of Dialysis | Population | Data Collection | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aasen et al. (24) | Norway | 2012 | 11 | >70 | 4 W/7 M | 4, ≤1 yr; 3, 1–2 yr; 4, 4–6 yr | Five hospital units | Interviews with open-ended questions | Critical discourse analysis |
| Al-Arabi (25) | United States | 2005 | 80 | >18 | Not reported | Not reported | Community–based outpatient dialysis center | Semistructured interviews | Naturalistic inquiry methods |
| Allen et al. (26) | Canada | 2011 | 7 | 38–63 | 3 W/4 M | Not reported | Two hospital units | Field observation, interviews, and focus groups | Participatory action research |
| Anderson et al. (27)a | Australia | 2012 | 241 | >20 | 116 W/125 M | Not reported | Nine hospital renal wards and 17 associated dialysis centers | Semistructured interviews | Thematic analysis |
| Axelsson et al. (28) | Sweden | 2012 | 8 | 66–87 | 3 W/5 M | 15 mo to 7 yr | Two university hospital dialysis clinics and two smaller satellite centers | Serial qualitative interviews | Phenomenologic hermeneutic method |
| Calvey and Mee (29) | Ireland | 2011 | 7 | 29–60 | Not reported | 1 mo to 5 yr | Not reported | Interviews using open-ended questions | Colaizzi phenomenologic method |
| Curtin et al. (31) | United States | 2002 | 18 | 38–63 | 8 W/10 M | 16–31 yr | Recruitment not clear | Semistructured interviews | Content analysis |
| Gregory et al. (30) | United States | 1998 | 36 | 19–87 | 18 W/18 M | Mean of 2.66 yr | One university teaching hospital unit | Semistructured interviews | Grounded theory |
| Hagren et al. (32) | Sweden | 2001 | 15 | 50–86 | 8 W/7 M | 6, <1 yr; 4, 1–3 yr; 5, >3 yr | One dialysis unit | Semistructured interviews | Content analysis |
| Hagren et al. (33) | Sweden | 2005 | 41 | 29–86 | 15 W/26 M | Not reported | Three hospitals | Semistructured interviews | Content analysis |
| Herlin and Wann-Hansson (34) | Sweden | 2010 | 9 | 30–44 | 4 W/5 M | Not reported | One public hospital and two private clinics | Interviews | Giorgi phenomenologic method |
| Kaba et al. (35) | Greece | 2015 | 23 | Mean age 62 | 8 W/15 M | Average 5.7 yr | Two hospital dialysis centers | Interviews | Grounded theory |
| Karamanidou et al. (36) | United Kingdom | 2014 | 7 | 32–68 | 4 W/3 M | 2–7 yr | One renal satellite unit | Semistructured interviews | Interpretive phenomenologic analysis |
| Lai et al. (37) | Singapore | 2012 | 13 | 39–63 | 7 W/6 M | 2–5 mo | One dialysis center | Semistructured interviews | Interpretive phenomenologic analysis |
| Mitchell et al. (38) | United Kingdom | 2009 | 10 | 2, 20–30; 1, 30–50; 5, 70–80; 2, >80 | 5 W/5 M | 2, <1 mo; 6, 1–3 mo; 2, 4–6 mo | One medium–sized renal unit | Semistructured interviews | Content analysis |
| Russ et al. (39) | United States | 2005 | 43 | 70–93 | 26 W/17 M | Not reported | Two dialysis units (one inner city and one private) | Interviews | Phenomenologic analysis |
| Shih and Honey (40) | New Zealand | 2011 | 7 | 46–77 | Not reported | 4–10 yr | One satellite dialysis unit | Semistructured interview | Heideggerian hermeneutic analysis |
W, women; M, men.
a
Demographic information relates to a larger study from which descriptions of those on hemodialysis are reported in this paper.