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.