How does pre-dialysis education need to change? Findings from a qualitative study with staff and patients

BMC Nephrology

Table 3 Patient characteristics

Patient characteristics	Hospitals						No. eligible patients	% eligible patients interviewed
Patient characteristics	1	2	3	4	Total	%	No. eligible patients	% eligible patients interviewed
Treatment type
PD	10	11	11	8	40	43	181	22%
Home haemodialysis	4	7	1	6	18	19	28	64%
In-centre haemodialysis	9	7	9	10	35	38	409	9%
Sex^a
Male	14	18	12	11	55	59	359	15%
Female	9	7	9	13	38	41	230	17%
Age group
18–39	5	5	3	5	18	19	67	27%
40–64	13	8	8	9	38	41	223	17%
65+	5	12	10	10	37	40	328	11%
Ethnic group^a
White	13	25	15	23	76	82	509	15%
Indian	6	0	2	1	9	10	52	17%
Pakistani	2	0	0	0	2	2	23	9%
African Caribbean	2	0	4	0	6	6	33	18%

^aMissing data: sex not recorded for 29 eligible patients not included in the study; ethnic group not recorded for 10 eligible patients not included in the study

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