Table 2.
Focus Group Participant Characteristics
| Characteristics | Value |
|---|---|
| Dialysis patients and care partners (n = 18) | |
| Participant type | |
| Patient | 16 (89%) |
| Care partner | 2 (11%) |
| Age, y | 57 (36–72) |
| Female sex | 6 (33%) |
| Race | |
| White | 4 (22%) |
| Black | 14 (78%) |
| Other | 0 (0%) |
| Education | |
| <High school | 3 (17%) |
| High school or GED | 5 (28%) |
| Some college | 4 (22%) |
| ≥4 y college | 6 (33%) |
| Dialysis vintage, y | |
| ≤1 | 4 (22%) |
| 2–5 | 8 (44%) |
| ≥6 | 6 (34%) |
| Modality type | |
| In-center hemodialysis | 11 (61%) |
| Home hemodialysis | 4 (22%) |
| Peritoneal dialysis | 3 (17%) |
| Prior research experience | 6 (33%) |
| Dialysis nurse and patient care technicians (n = 14) | |
| Participant type | |
| Nurse | 6 (43%) |
| Patient care technician | 8 (57%) |
| Age, y | 42 (24–61) |
| Female sex | 11 (79%) |
| Race | |
| White | 5 (36%) |
| Black | 8 (57%) |
| Other | 1 (7%) |
| Time in role, y | 9 (1–27) |
| Prior research experience | 1 (7%) |
| Dialysis clinic managers (n = 8) | |
| Age, y | 43 (27–65) |
| Female sex | 7 (88%) |
| Race | |
| White | 7 (87%) |
| Black | 1 (13%) |
| Other | 0 |
| Time in role, y | 4 (1–8) |
| Prior research experience | 4 (50%) |
| Dialysis social workers and dietitians (n = 8) | |
| Participant type | |
| Social worker | 5 (62%) |
| Dietitian | 3 (38%) |
| Age, y | 45 (32–62) |
| Female sex | 7 (88%) |
| Race | |
| White | 8 (100%) |
| Black | 0 (0%) |
| Other | 0 (0%) |
| Time in role, y | 11 (5–18) |
| Prior research experience | 1 (13%) |
| Dialysis medical providers (n = 11) | |
| Participant type | |
| Physician | 9 (82%) |
| Nurse practitioner | 2 (18%) |
| Age, y | 40 (32–68) |
| Female sex | 6 (55%) |
| Race | |
| White | 4 (36%) |
| Black | 1 (9%) |
| Other | 6 (55%) |
| Time in role, y | 3 (1–37) |
| Prior research experience | 1 (9%) |
Note: N = 59. Values are given as number (percentage) or median (range). Denominators represent n from each participant type and all data were self-reported.
Abbreviation: GED, general equivalency diploma.