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Table 1 Participant sociodemographic and medical characteristics

From: Effectiveness of informational decision aids and a live donor financial assistance program on pursuit of live kidney transplants in African American hemodialysis patients

 

Overall

N = 92

n(%)a

Usual Care

N = 31

n(%)

PREPARED

N = 30

n(%)

PREPARED Plus

N = 31

n(%)

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Sociodemographic Characteristics

 Age [mean, standard deviation]

53 [14]

52[12]

53[16]

55[13]

0.6

 Gender

    

0.3

  Female

47 (51)

13 (42)

15 (50)

19 (61)

 

  Male

45 (49)

18 (58)

15 (50)

12 (39)

 

 Highest Level of Education

    

0.5

  High school

67 (73)

21 (68)

23 (77)

23 (74)

 

  2 years of college

12 (13)

6 (19)

2 (7)

4 (13)

 

  College graduate

8 (9)

4 (13)

2 (7)

2 (7)

 

  Graduate/professional school

5 (5)

0 (0)

3 (10)

2 (7)

 

 Annual Household Income

    

0.2

   ≤ $10,000

30 (33)

12 (39)

9 (30)

9 (29)

 

   > $10,000 to $20,000

24 (26)

8 (26)

10 (33)

6 (19)

 

   > $20,000 to $40,000

19 (21)

5 (16)

8 (27)

6 (19)

 

   > $40,000

9 (10)

1 (3)

1 (3)

7 (23)

 

  Refused/don’t know

10 (11)

5 (16)

2 (7)

3 (10)

 

 Employment

    

0.5

  Full- or part-time

12 (13)

2 (6)

6 (20)

4 (13)

 

  Student/homemaker

3 (3)

1 (3)

1 (3)

1 (3)

 

  Retired

18 (20)

5 (16)

7 (23)

6 (19)

 

  Retired/disabled

36 (39)

17 (55)

7 (23)

12 (39)

 

  Other/unemployed

23 (25)

6 (20)

9 (30)

8 (25.81)

 

 Marital status

    

0.1

  Married

30 (33)

7 (23)

10 (33)

13 (42)

 

  Separated

3 (3)

1 (3)

2 (7)

0 (0)

 

  Divorced

15 (16)

8 (26)

1 (3)

6 (19)

 

  Single/never married

36 (39)

14 (45)

12 (40)

10 (32)

 

  Widowed

7 (8)

1 (3)

4 (13)

2 (6)

 

  Refused

1 (1)

0 (0)

1 (3)

0 (0)

 

 Family composition

     

  No. of children, median [interquartile range, IQR]

2 [1–4]

2 [2–4]

2 [0–3]

2 [2–4]

0.1

  No. of siblings, median [IQR]

3 [1–4]

3 [2–5]

3 [1–4]

3 [2–4]

0.6

  At least 1 parent living

45 (49)

13 (42)

17 (57)

15 (48)

0.6

 Health insurance

     

  Private

24 (26)

6 (19)

7 (23)

11 (36)

0.4

  Medicare

44 (48)

16 (52)

16 (53)

12 (39)

0.5

  Medicaid

41 (45)

16 (52)

12 (40)

13 (42)

0.7

  Other/uninsured

11 (12)

3 (10)

5 (17)

3 (10)

0.7

 Health literacy

    

0.1

  4th–6th grade

9 (10)

4 (13)

0 (0)

5 (16)

 

  7th–8th grade

27 (29)

6 (19)

13 (43)

8 (26)

 

  ≥ 9th grade

46 (50)

15 (48)

15 (50)

16 (52)

 

  Poor vision, could not complete

8 (9)

5 (16)

1 (3)

2 (6)

 

  Refused

2 (2)

1 (3)

1 (3)

0 (0)

 

 Financial well-being or distress, median [IQR] (n = 91)a

5 [4–6]

5 [4–6]

5 [4–6]

6 [4–6]

 

Clinical comorbidity

 Days on hemodialysis, median [IQR]

236 [124–538]

305 [166–520]

198 [87–529]

241 [118–502]

0.5

 Comorbidity score, median [IQR]b

2 [0–3]

2 [0–4]

1 [0–2]

2 [0–4]

0.04

 Comorbidity score tertile

    

0.03

  Lowest, 0 points

30 (33)

8 (26)

11 (37)

11 (35)

 

  Middle, 1–2 points

32 (35)

9 (29)

15 (50)

8 (26)

 

  Highest, 3–8 points

28 (30)

13 (42)

3 (10)

12 (39)

 

  Missing

2 (2)

1 (3)

1 (3)

0 (0)

 

 Met definition of depression

    

0.2

  No, PHQ-8 score < 10

23 (25)

4 (12.9)

9 (30)

10 (32.26)

 

  Yes, PHQ-8 score ≥ 10

68 (74)

26 (84)

21 (70)

21 (68)

 

  Missing

1 (1)

1 (3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

 Depression score, mean (SD)

6(5)

5(3)

6(5)

6(5)

0.9

Dialysis Center Experience

 Time Receiving Care in Dialysis Center

    

0.9

 Less than 3 months

17 (19)

4 (13)

7 (23)

6 (19)

 

 At least 3 months but less than 1 year

39 (43)

14 (47)

11 (37)

14 (45)

 

 12 to 18 months

15 (16)

6 (20)

5 (17)

4 (13)

 

 18 months to 2 years

7 (8)

2 (7)

2 (7)

3 (10)

 

 Missing

2 (2)

0 (0)

1 (3)

1 (3)

 

Dialysis Center Satisfaction Ratingsc

 Rating of dialysis center staffc

9 [8–10]

10 [8–10]

9 [8–10]

8 [7–10]

0.4

 Rating of dialysis facilityc

9 [8–10]

10 [8–10]

9 [8–10]

8 [7–10]

0.3

Advance Preparation for LDKT

 Dialysis initiation

    

0.9

  Planned/dialysis facility

16 (17)

5 (16)

5 (17)

6 (19)

 

  Planned/hospital

35 (38)

13 (42)

11 (37)

11 (35)

 

  Urgent/emergency room

41 (46)

13 (42)

14 (47)

14 (45)

 

 Dialysis initiation with catheter

    

0.4

  No

28 (30)

6 (19)

11 (37)

11 (35)

 

  Yes

62 (67)

24 (77)

19 (63)

19 (61)

 

  Don’t know

2 (2.17)

1 (3.23)

0 (0)

1 (3)

 

 Completed KT evaluation

17 (18)

7 (23)

4 (13)

6 (19)

 

 Waitlisted for KT

    

0.6

  No

69 (75)

23 (74)

20 (67)

26 (84)

 

  Yes

16 (17)

5 (16)

7 (23)

4 (13)

 

  Don’t know

7 (8)

3 (10)

3 (10)

1 (3)

 
  1. anumbers are n(%) unless otherwise specified; p values for comparisons across study groups at baseline bSelf-report Charlson comorbidity index weighted for end stage renal disease, scored from 0 to 43 with higher scores indicating greater comorbidity; cTotal Score possible 10, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction