Table 2.

Providing information on fertility

How often do you inform your (dialysis) patients that a decline in renal function and dialysis are associated with reduced fertility?	Never n (%)	<50% of the cases n (%)	In 50% of the cases n (%)	>50% of the cases n (%)	Always n (%)
Nephrologists (n = 110)	12 (10.9)	30 (27.3)	16 (14.5)	27 (24.5)	25 (22.7)
Nurses (n = 537)	190 (35.3)	221 (41.0)	41 (7.6)	47 (8.7)	40 (7.4)

n differs because the questions were not answered consistently, and some were skipped or forgotten