Table 4.

Characteristics of participants in Phase 2

	Patients (n = 5)	Partners (n = 5)
Male n (%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
Age M (range)	62 (40–78)	58 (40–77)
Married n (%)	5 (100%)	5 (100%)
White British n (%)	4 (80%)	4 (80%)
Employment status n (%)
Retired	4 (80%)	4 (80%)
Unable to work	1 (20%)	–
Full-time employment	–	1 (20%)
Phase of dialysis n (%)
Pre-dialysis	1 (20%)
Established	4 (80%)
Length of time on dialysis—months (range)	21 (16–30)	–
Mode of dialysis* n (%)
Haemodialysis	3 (60%)	–
Peritoneal dialysis	2 (40%)	–

Phase of dialysis refers the point in the end stage renal disease (ESRD) trajectory the patients were at and defined as ‘pre-dialysis’ if receiving care for ESRD but not yet on a dialysis or a recipient of a renal transplant and ‘established’ if the patient had been on dialysis for > 16 months

* Current mode of those on dialysis or intended mode of patients in the pre-dialysis phase