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. 2019 Oct 18;9(10):e029090. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029090

Table 1.

Participant characteristics*

Intervention sample
(n=349)
Interview I study sample
(n=29)
n (%) n (%)
Sex
 Female 123 (35) 8 (28)
 Male 226 (65) 21 (72)
Age (years)
 <50 38 (11) 0 (0)
 50–60 45 (13) 3 (10)
 60–70 94 (27) 9 (31)
 70–80 112 (32) 12 (42)
 ≥80 59 (17) 5 (17)
eGFR (mL/min)
 <10 82 (23) 3 (10)
 10–20 244 (70) 26 (90)
 ≥20 23 (7) 0 (0)
Chosen option
 Peritoneal dialysis 228 (65) 20 (69)
 Home haemodialysis 26 (8) 4 (14)
 Hospital haemodialysis 87 (25) 5 (17)
 No decision 8 (2) 0 (0)
Number of meetings
 1 90 (26) 2 (7)
 2 215 (62) 17 (59)
 3 40 (11) 10 (34)
 4 4 (1) 0 (0)
Hospitals†
 I 180 (52) 12 (41)
 II 53 (15) 7 (24)
 III 60 (17) 8 (28)
 IV 56 (16) 2 (7)

*Data used in this table have been registered by the dialysis coordinators and are consistent with the documentation in patients’ electronic health records.

†The roman numerals indicate each of the participating hospitals.

eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.