Table 2.

Descriptive results summary

Items	Summary
Type of Studies	N = 15
Retrospective Study	n = 11
Prospective Study	n = 3
Qualitative Study	n = 1
Setting	N = 15
US	n = 5
Japan	n = 4
Australia	n = 4
Spain	n = 3
France	n = 3
Germany	n = 2
UK	n = 2
Italy	n = 2
Canada	n = 2
New Zealand	n = 2
Turkey	n = 1
China	n = 1
Belgium	n = 1
Sweden	n = 1
Year of Publication	N = 15
2004	n = 1
2005	n = 2
2006	n = 1
2007	n = 1
2008	n = 1
2011	n = 2
2012	n = 1
2013	n = 2
2014	n = 2
2015	n = 1
2016	n = 1
Range of Sample size in studies
Minimum	16
Maximum	46,181
	Dialysis Withdrawal Percentage
Minimum	10%
Maximum	30%
Themes	N = 15
Demographic factors	n = 8
Renal causes	n = 5
Health behaviors	n = 5
Physiologic indicators	n = 3
Comorbidities	n = 10
Dialysis indicators	n = 11
Others	n = 13