Table 1 Characteristics of indigenous and non-indigenous participants (n = 241)
From: “Looking back to my family”: Indigenous Australian patients’ experience of hemodialysis
Indigenous (n = 146) % | Non-indigenous (n = 95) % | |
|---|---|---|
Female | 524 | 42 |
Age group (years) | ||
20-39 | 16 | 15 |
40-59 | 64 | 52 |
60+ | 19 | 34 |
Married or in a de facto relationship | 56 | 56 |
Has dependents | 52 | 32 |
Completed secondary school or higher | 14 | 38 |
Currently employed* | 10 | 39 |
First language is English | 42 | 86 |
Reads English not very well or not at all | 27 | 7 |
Has a car | 32 | 90 |
Has a phone | 62 | 98 |
Uses the internet | 9 | 46 |
Remote/very remote residence prior to diagnosis | 71 | 15 |
Treatment modality | ||
Centre- or satellite-based hemodialysis | 87 | 63 |
Home hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis | 10 | 18 |
Functioning transplant | 3 | 19 |