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Table 4.

What influenced you most in making your decision? Quantitative responses

Total sample (n = 148)	Home-based treatment (n = 121)	Hospital-based treatment (n = 24)
Talking to the dialysis coordinator 94%	Talking to the dialysis coordinator 96%	Talking to the dialysis coordinator 96%
Talking to your doctor 43%	Talking to your doctor 47%	Patient decision aid 38%
Patient decision aid 39%	Patient decision aid 40%	Speaking to other patients/ Talking to your doctor 25%
Kidney school 25%	Something else^a/Looking on the internet 9%	Something else^a 17%
Speaking to other patients 11%	Speaking to other patients 8%	Kidney school 8%
Something else^a 9%

Total sample
(n = 148)

Home-based treatment
(n = 121)

Hospital-based treatment
(n = 24)

Talking to the dialysis coordinator

94%

Talking to the dialysis coordinator

96%

Talking to the dialysis coordinator

96%

Talking to your doctor

43%

Talking to your doctor

47%

Patient decision aid

38%

Patient decision aid

39%

Patient decision aid

40%

Speaking to other patients/ Talking to your doctor

25%

Kidney school

25%

Something else^a/Looking on the internet

Something else^a

17%

Speaking to other patients

11%

Speaking to other patients

Kidney school

Something else^a

^a‘Something else’ was most commonly relatives, either the patient’s spouse or children