Offering Patients Therapy Options in Unplanned Start (OPTiONS): Implementation of an educational program is feasible and effective

Table 4 Clinical characteristics of 177 patients completing UPS-EP according to their actual received modality, PD (n = 85) or HD (n = 92)

	Received PD (n = 93)	Received HD (n = 84)	P value
Age, years	70 (36-86)	65 (41-82)	0.37
Sex, M/F, %	68/32	70/30	0.75
eGFR, ml/min /1.73 m² BSA	7 [4–18]	7 [4–15]	0.97
Charlson comorbidity index, CCI	7 [2–10]	6 [3–9]	0.04
Comorbidities, %
Diabetes Congestive heart failure Myocardial infarction Peripheral vascular disease	47 40 23 16	33 18 12 11	0.07 <0.01 0.08 0.38
Primary renal disease^a, %
Chronic renal failure, etiology unknown Glomerulonephritis Renal vascular disease Diabetic nephropathy Other^b	12 29 15 25 19	12 17 21 20 30	0.18
Patients source, %
In-patient admission Out-patient referral	76 24	58 42	0.02
Referral, %
Primary care Other hospital specialty Missing/unknown	68 31 1	50 50 0	0.02
Hospitalization for the unplanned start, %	88	89	1.0
Countries, %
United Kingdom Germany Denmark Sweden Austria France	25 54 11 7 1 2	43 24 9 5 5 14	<0.001

Values are expressed as median (10-90 percentiles) or percentage.
CCI, Charlson comorbidity index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate
^aCause of renal disease
^bPyelonephritis, interstitial nephropathy, cystic kidney disease, inherited renal disease, renal hypoplasia, multisystem renal disease, myeloma, amyloid, other renal disease

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