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. 2021 Feb 19;8:2054358121993995. doi: 10.1177/2054358121993995

Table 1.

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria.

Description
Population CKD GFR categories 3,4,5 (pre-dialysis, dialysis, or CKM)
≥18 years of age
Any treatment type (peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis, or CKM)
Must be identified as having CKD prior to enrollment in study
Outcome Prevalence of pain (%)
Prevalence of pain in categories of severity (%) (eg, mild/mod/severe; or 0-3/10, 4-6/10, 7-10/10, respectively)
Studies must have identified cases (pain) and total cohort number to calculate prevalence
Study design Cross-sectional studies
Observational studies
Case-control studies
Cross-over trials
Clinical trials
Chart reviews
Exclusion criteria <18 years of age
Case series, abstracts, posters, reviews, opinions
Acute kidney injury
Kidney transplant, unless clearly identified as having CKD (stage 3-5 or eGFR lower than 60)
Data (initial assessment) prior to 2000
Population limited to a specific cause of ESKD or selected based on specific symptom/comorbidity (except for chronic pain)
Acute pain or pain related to dialysis treatment
Missing raw data, numerator, or denominator

Note. CKD = chronic kidney disease; GFR = glomerular filtration rate; CKM = conservative kidney management; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; ESKD = end-stage kidney disease.