Table 5.

Median number of problems reported in each distress thermometer problem list domain, by patient group

Characteristic	Practical*,†	Family	Emotional	Physical	Total
Stage on ESRD pathway	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
Pre-RRT	1 (0 to 1)	0 (0 to 1)	3 (1 to 4)	8 (4 to 12)	12 (7 to 17)
Dialysis <2 years	1 (0 to 2)	0 (0 to 1)	3 (2 to 5)	8 (6 to 12)	13 (9 to 17)
Dialysis 2+ years	1 (0 to 1)	0 (0 to 1)	3 (2 to 5)	9 (6 to 11)	13 (9 to 16)
Transplant	0 (0 to 1)	0 (0 to 1)	3 (1 to 4)	6 (3 to 10)	10 (5 to 16)
				p=0.019	p=0.023
Dialysis type (n=164)
Hospital/incentre haemodialysis	1 (0 to 1)	0 (0 to 1)	3 (2 to 5)	8 (5 to 11)	13 (8 to 16)
Home haemodialysis	1 (0 to 2)	0 (0 to 1)	4 (2 to 5)	10 (8 to 13)	16 (11 to 19)
Peritoneal dialysis	0 (0 to 1)	0 (0 to 1)	3 (2 to 4)	8 (6 to 11)	12 (9 to 16)
Age group 4
Less than 50 years	1 (0 to 2)	0 (0 to 1)	3 (2 to 5)	7 (4 to 11)	13 (8 to 17)
50–69 years	1 (0 to 2)	0 (0 to 1)	3 (2 to 5)	8 (5 to 11)	12 (8 to 18)
70 years and above	0 (0 to 1)	0 (0 to 0)	3 (1 to 4)	7 (4 to 10)	11 (7 to 15)
	P<0.0001	P=0.001	P=0.038		P=0.033
Sex
Male	1 (0 to 1)	0 (0 to 1)	3 (2 to 4)	7 (4 to 10)	12 (7 to 16)
Female	0 (0 to 1)	0 (0 to 1)	3 (2 to 5)	8 (5 to 12)	12 (8 to 17)
				P=0.043
Ethnicity
White	0 (0 to 1)	0 (0 to 1)	3 (2 to 4)	8 (5 to 11)	12 (7 to 16)
Black and minority ethnic	0 (0 to 2)	0 (0 to 1)	4 (1 to 5)	7 (4 to 10)	11 (7 to 17)
All respondents (n=346)	0 (0 to 1)	0 (0 to 1)	3 (2 to 5)	8 (5 to 11)	12 (7 to 16)

*Bold text denotes a statistically significant difference between groups (Mann–Whitney test for characteristics with two subgroups; Kruskall–Wallis test for characteristics with three or more subgroups);

†Spiritual domain excluded from analysis.

ESRD, end-stage renal disease; RRT, renal replacement therapy.