Table 1.
Participant Characteristics
| Characteristics | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Age category | |
| 31-40 y | 7 (28%) |
| 41-50 y | 9 (36%) |
| 51-60 y | 6 (24%) |
| 61-65 y | 3 (12%) |
| Marital status | |
| Married/de facto | 11 (44%) |
| Partner (not living together) | 3 (12%) |
| Divorced/separated | 1 (4%) |
| Single | 8 (32%) |
| Widowed | 2 (8%) |
| Highest level education | |
| Some secondary | 2 (8%) |
| Completed secondary | 8 (32%) |
| Trade certificate or equivalent | 6 (24%) |
| Completed certificate or diploma | 2 (8%) |
| Completed degree | 5 (20%) |
| Postgraduate education | 2 (8%) |
| Employment status | |
| Fulltime | 6 (24%) |
| Part-time | 8 (32%) |
| Beneficiary | 10 (40%) |
| Retired | 1 (4%) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Māori | 10 (40%) |
| Tongan | 3 (12%) |
| Samoan | 7 (28%) |
| Cook Island Maori | 4 (16%) |
| Fijian Indian | 1 (4%) |
| Time to closest dialysis unit (traveled 1 way) | |
| 0-10 km | 16 (64%) |
| 11-50 km | 4 (16%) |
| 51-100 km | 2 (8%) |
| >101 km | 3 (12%) |
| Cause of kidney disease (self-identified) | |
| Diabetes | 10 (40%) |
| Hypertension | 1 (4%) |
| IgA nephropathy | 3 (12%) |
| Nephrotoxic medication | 1 (4%) |
| Vasculitis | 1 (4%) |
| PKD | 1 (4%) |
| Unsure | 8 (32%) |
| Length of time on dialysis | |
| 0-2 y | 7 (28%) |
| 3-4 y | 5 (20%) |
| 5-6 y | 5 (20%) |
| 7-8 y | 5 (20%) |
| 9-10 y | 0 (0%) |
| <10 y | 3 (12%) |
| Hours on dialysis | |
| 15 h/wk | 4 (16%) |
| 18 h/wk | 3 (12%) |
| 20 h/wk | 12 (48%) |
| 20-25 h/wk | 4 (16%) |
| <26 h/wk | 2 (8%) |
| Previous RRT modalitya | |
| Facility HD | 18 (72%) |
| PD | 5 (20%) |
| Home HD | 2 (8%) |
| Transplantation | 2 (8%) |
| Time to closest CHH (traveled 1 way) | |
| 0-10 km | 17 (68%) |
| 11-50 km | 6 (24%) |
| 51-100 km | 2 (8%) |
| >101 km | 0 (0%) |
Abbreviations: CHH, community home hemodialysis; HD, hemodialysis; IgA, immunoglobulin A; PD, peritoneal dialysis; PKD, polycystic kidney disease; RRT, renal replacement therapy.
a
Some participants had experienced more than one previous RRT modality.