Psychosocial barriers and facilitators for adherence to a healthy lifestyle among patients with chronic kidney disease: a focus group study

Table 1 Sample Characteristics of Patients with CKD (n = 24) and Health Professionals (n = 23) per Focus Group

Participants	No. of Participants	Age Range	Education Level		Gender		CKD stage range	Kidney Transplantation
Participants	No. of Participants	Age Range	Low	High	Male	Female	CKD stage range	Yes	No
Patients	6	55–85	4	1^a	4	2	4–5	1	5
Patients	7	35–74	4	3	5	2	2–4	7	0
Patients	7	37–79	4	3	6	1	1–5	0	7
Patients	4	48–69	1	3	3	1	2–4	3	1
Professionals	6	42–62	0	6	1	5
Professionals	6	25–61	0	6	1	5
Professionals	5	35–57	0	5	2	3
Professionals	6	34–61	1	5	2	4

^aOne patient did not complete this question. Abbreviations: CKD, chronic kidney disease; No., number. Low education includes primary, pre-vocational and vocational education; high education includes advanced levels of secondary and tertiary education

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