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Table 1 Treatment Attributes and Levels

From: Family dynamics in a multi-ethnic Asian society: comparison of elderly CKD patients and their family caregivers experience with medical decision making for managing end stage kidney disease

Attributes

Levels

Type of treatment

• In-centre blood dialysis (i.e. Haemodialysis)a

• Water-bag dialysis at home (i.e. Peritoneal dialysis)

• Non-dialysis management (i.e. Conservative management)

Expected survivalb

• Dialysis: 1 year, 3 years, 6 years, 10 years

• Conservative management: 1 year, 3 years

Quality of daily life

• Poor

• Fair

• Good

• Very good

Expected out-of-pocket cost per monthc

• Dialysis: S$700, S$1500, S$3000, S$7000

• Conservative management: S$250, S$500, S$1000, S$2000

  1. aThe types of treatment were labelled such that it will be easier for respondents to understand and remember during the survey
  2. bThe levels of the expected survival differed between dialysis and conservative management
  3. cThe levels of the out-of-pocket cost differed between dialysis and conservative management
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BMC Nephrology

ISSN: 1471-2369

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