Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of respondents
| Data Collection Period | November–December 2014 | |
|---|---|---|
| Study design | Prospective cohort | |
| Setting | Seven dialysis units in Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Inclusion criteria | Adult English-speaking patients on maintenance dialysis seen in clinic | |
| N (%), unless otherwise specified | Missing, n | |
| All patients who answered the “regret question” | 397 (100) | 0 |
| Mode of dialysis | 13 | |
| Hemodialysis | 366 (95) | |
| Peritoneal dialysis | 18 (5) | |
| Mean length of time in months on dialysis (range) | 50 (1–336) | 14 |
| Mean age in yr (range) | 59 (21–91) | 14 |
| Sex | 0 | |
| Male | 228 (57) | |
| Female | 169 (43) | |
| Marital status | 1 | |
| Single | 163 (41) | |
| Married | 153 (38) | |
| Divorced, separated, or widowed | 80 (20) | |
| Race | 0 | |
| White | 108 (27) | |
| Black | 272 (69) | |
| Othera | 17 (4) | |
| Educational attainment | 2 | |
| Less than high school | 23 (6) | |
| High school | 185 (47) | |
| Trade school/technical college | 85 (22) | |
| University/Bachelor’s degree | 51 (13) | |
| Graduate/postgraduate | 51 (13) | |
| Religious affiliation | 12 | |
| Christianity | 338 (88) | |
| Judaism | 14 (4) | |
| Islam/Hindu/Buddhism | 12 (3) | |
| Atheist/nonaffiliated | 21 (5) | |
a
Other race (n=17) consists of self-identified Native American, Middle Eastern, Asian, or other.