Table 2 Patient and Caregiver Characteristics
Patients | Caregivers | |
|---|---|---|
CKD stages based on eGFR | ||
Stage 3B | 29% | NA |
Stage 4 | 45% | NA |
Stage 5 | 26% | NA |
Comorbidities | ||
No comorbidities | 18% | NA |
1 comorbidity | 38% | NA |
2 or more comorbidities | 44% | NA |
Diabetes | 64% | NA |
Cerebrovascular disease | 11% | NA |
Heart failure | 13% | NA |
Coronary artery disease | 21% | NA |
Dysrhythmia | 14% | NA |
Other cardiac conditions | 3% | NA |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 7% | NA |
Liver disease | 7% | NA |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | 6% | NA |
Peripheral vascular disease | 12% | NA |
Cancer | 7% | NA |
Age, mean (SD) | 74 (6) | 56 (13) |
Aged 80 and above | 20% | 2% |
QALY, mean (SD) | 0.82 (0.20) | NA |
25th percentile QALY | 0.69 | NA |
Male | 62% | 19% |
Education | ||
No formal education | 16% | 5% |
Primary and secondary education | 72% | 47% |
Above secondary education | 12% | 48% |
Employment | ||
Full-time, part-time, self-employed | 10% | 55% |
Other (homemaker, retired, unemployed) | 90% | 45% |
Relationship to Patient | ||
Spouse | NA | 40% |
Child | NA | 53% |
Sibling | NA | 2% |
Other | NA | 5% |