Table 3 Sociodemographic characteristics of study cohort by type of treatment, location and time on treatment
Not on dialysis (N = 56) | Type of dialysis | Dialysis Location** | Time on dialysis** | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Haemodialysis (n = 109) | Peritoneal (n = 60) | p value * | Home (n = 70) | In centre (n = 99) | p value * | Incident (< 1 year) (n = 50) | Prevalent (1–3 years) (n = 57) | Prevalent (> 3 years) (n = 62) | p value * | |
Gender | |||||||||||
Male | 37 | 63 | 44 | 0.045 | 53 | 54 | 0.005 | 33 | 35 | 39 | 0.883 |
Female | 19 | 46 | 16 | 17 | 45 | 17 | 22 | 23 | |||
Age group | |||||||||||
65–69 | 20 | 43 | 24 | 29 | 38 | 20 | 21 | 26 | |||
70–74 | 11 | 35 | 18 | 0.729 | 22 | 31 | 0.808 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 0.262 |
75–79 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 16 | 10 | |||
≥ 80 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | |||
Prioritised ethnicity | |||||||||||
European | 30 | 32 | 34 | 40 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 24 | |||
Māori | 10 | 31 | 9 | 0.005 | 10 | 30 | 0.000 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 0.457 |
Pacific | 6 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 19 | |||
Other | 10 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||
Distance in km to dialysis centre | |||||||||||
Less than 10 | 30 | 65 | 27 | 29 | 63 | 28 | 31 | 33 | |||
10–49 | 19 | 39 | 23 | 0.019 | 26 | 36 | 0.000 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 0.739 |
50+ | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||
Lifestyle behaviour | |||||||||||
Current smoker | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0.708 | 4 | 6 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.287 |
Currently drinks alcohol | 30 | 39 | 27 | 0.240 | 38 | 28 | 0.001 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 0.965 |
Lives alone | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0.606 | 7 | 10 | 1.000 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0.182 |
Own home | |||||||||||
Yes | 37 | 57 | 43 | 0.040 | 51 | 49 | 0.008 | 31 | 35 | 34 | 0.505 |
No | 19 | 51 | 17 | 19 | 49 | 18 | 22 | 28 | |||
Missing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pension is the only source of income | |||||||||||
Yes | 35 | 80 | 40 | 0.309 | 45 | 75 | 0.083 | 32 | 44 | 44 | 0.400 |
No | 21 | 28 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 18 | |||
Missing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Have a community services card? | |||||||||||
Yes | 43 | 85 | 42 | 0.505 | 44 | 83 | 0.007 | 34 | 44 | 49 | 0.210 |
No | 13 | 23 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | |||
Missing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Standard of living | |||||||||||
Fairly Low/Low | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0.033 | 3 | 14 | 0.034 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0.901 |
High/fairly high/medium | 52 | 93 | 58 | 67 | 84 | 44 | 52 | 55 | |||
Missing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Adequacy of income for daily needs | |||||||||||
Enough/More than enough | 27 | 50 | 26 | 0.712 | 31 | 45 | 0.834 | 21 | 30 | 25 | 0.373 |
Not enough/Just enough | 29 | 58 | 34 | 39 | 53 | 28 | 27 | 37 | |||
Missing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Qualifications | 26 | 56 | 26 | 0.217 | 31 | 51 | 0.233 | 24 | 27 | 31 | 0.850 |
None | 30 | 49 | 34 | 39 | 44 | 25 | 30 | 28 | |||
Secondary school/higher/trade qualification | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Missing | |||||||||||
Comorbidity Count | |||||||||||
0–2 | 24 | 52 | 28 | 0.900 | 32 | 48 | 0.722 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 0.802 |
3+ | 32 | 57 | 32 | 38 | 51 | 27 | 28 | 34 | |||
NZDep score (mean & SD) | 6.6(2.9) | 7.3(2.8) | 6.2(3.1) | 0.016 | 6.1(2.9) | 7.6(2.8) | 0.001 | 7.0(3.1) | 6.9(2.9) | 6.9(2.9) | 0.98 |