Table 1.
Characteristics of patients interviewed
| Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 | Site 4 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESRD pathway stage a | Pre-renal replacement therapy | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Dialysis < 2 years | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| Dialysis 2+ years | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 15 | |
| Transplant | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |
| Gender | Male | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 28 |
| Female | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | |
| Age group | Under 50 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 50–69 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 | |
| 70+ | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| Ethnicity | White | 7 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 33 |
| Black and minority ethnic | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| Dialysis type | Hospital haemodialysis | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| Home haemodialysis | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Peritoneal dialysis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 12 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 46 | |
a 46 patients interviewed out of 346 classified as having mild to moderate distress; 346 patients had mild to moderate distress out of 1040 survey respondents; 1040 surveys were returned from 3730 eligible patients surveyed