Table 1.
Participant characteristicsa
| Patient characteristics | The intervention sample (n = 349) n (%) |
The study sample (n = 148) n (%) |
The non-study sample (n = 201) n (%) |
Chi test or Fisher’s exact test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitalsb | I | 180 (52) | 61 (41) | 119 (59) | < 0.01 |
| II | 53 (15) | 18 (12) | 35 (17) | ||
| III | 60 (17) | 49 (33) | 11 (6) | ||
| IV | 56 (16) | 20 (14) | 36 (18) | ||
| Sex | Female | 123 (35) | 53 (36) | 70 (35) | 0.849 |
| Male | 226 (65) | 95 (64) | 131 (65) | ||
| Age (years) | age < 40 | 17 (5) | 4 (3) | 13 (7) | 0.153c |
| 40 ≤ age < 50 | 21 (6) | 10 (7) | 11 (6) | ||
| 50 ≤ age < 60 | 45 (13) | 18 (12) | 27 (13) | ||
| 60 ≤ age < 70 | 94 (27) | 36 (24) | 46 (23) | ||
| 70 ≤ age < 80 | 112 (32) | 61 (41) | 63 (31) | ||
| age ≥ 80 | 59 (17) | 19 (13) | 41 (20) | ||
| eGFR (ml/min) | eGFR < 10 | 82 (23) | 30 (20) | 52 (26) | 0.301c |
| 10 < eGFR < 20 | 244 (70) | 110 (74) | 134 (67) | ||
| eGFR > 20 | 23 (7) | 8 (6) | 15 (7) | ||
| Attended kidney school | Yes | 103 (30) | 62 (42) | 41 (20) | < 0.01 |
| No | 246 (70) | 86 (58) | 160 (80) | ||
| Number of meetings with dialysis coordinator | 1 | 90 (26) | 17 (12) | 73 (36) | < 0.01 |
| 2 | 215 (62) | 102 (69) | 113 (56) | ||
| 3 | 40 (11) | 27 (18) | 13 (7) | ||
| 4 | 4 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | ||
| Chosen option | Home peritoneal dialysis | 228 (65) | 105 (71) | 123 (61) | 0.039 |
| Home haemodialysis | 26 (8) | 14 (10) | 12 (6) | ||
| Dialysis at hospital | 87 (25) | 27 (18) | 60 (30) | ||
| No decision | 8 (2) | 2 (1) | 6 (3) | ||
aData used in this table has been registered by the dialysis coordinators and is consistent with the documentation in the patients’ electronic health records
bThe roman figures indicate each of the participating hospitals
cExact age and eGFR were used to calculate the p-value and not the age group and eGFR group