Table 2.

Characteristics of participants

	Participant	aRRT status	Duration of Haemodialysis/Diagnosis	Weekly sessions	Payment for treatment	Employment	Other known chronic condition(s)
1	Agya	HD	9 months	2	Out-of-pocket	Retired	None
2	Obrempong	HD	12 months	3	Out-of-pocket	Full time/ part-time Student	Hypertension
3	Barima	HD	1 month	2	Out-of-pocket	Student	None
4	Kantinka	HD	15 months	2	Out-of-pocket	Unemployed	Hypertension
5	Nana	HD	6 months	3	Sponsored	Retired/Part-time teaching	Hypertension, diabetes mellitus
6	Kwasi	HD	5 years	2	Out-of-pocket	Unemployed	None
7	Onua	HD	6 years	2	Sponsored	Full time (healthcare)	Hypertension
8	Wofa	HD	11 years	3	Sponsored	Retired	Hypertension
9	Adwoa	HD	19 months	2	Sponsored	Full time (teaching)	None
10	Abena	HD	2 months	3	Out-of-pocket	Full time (self-employed)	Diabetes
11	Akua	HD	4 years	2	Out-of-pocket (Support from Church and Rev. Minister)	Full time (teaching)	Hypertension
12	Eno	HD	12 months	2	Out-of-pocket	Unemployed (quit trading)	None
13	Owoahene	HD	12 months (3 days away from transplant)	2	Out-of-pocket	Unemployed	None
14	bPapa	T	16 months (2 years transplant)	3	Out-of-pocket	Full time (self-employed)	Hypertension
15	Akonta	N	21 months	N/A	Out-of-pocket	Employed	Sickle cell disease
16	Kwadwo	N	3 years	N/A	Out-of-pocket	Unemployed	Hypertension
17	Kwabena	N	1 year	N/A	Out-of-pocket	Unemployed	None
18	Kwaku	N	4 months	N/A	Out-of-pocket	Unemployed (quit driving)	Hypertension
19	Yaw	N	1 year	N/A	Out-of-pocket	Unemployed (quit driving)	None
20	Kofi	N	3 months	N/A	Out-of-pocket	Employed	Hypertension
21	Kwame	N	3 years	N/A	Out-of-pocket	Unemployed	None
22	Piesie	N	2 years	N/A	Out-of-pocket	Self-employed (trader)	Hypertension

^aRRT Status – HD: Haemodialysis; T: kidney transplant; N: Non-dialysis

^bParticipant started haemodialysis before having transplant