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Table 1 Patient and caregiver characteristics

From: Views of Canadian patients on or nearing dialysis and their caregivers: a thematic analysis

Type of respondent

n (%)

 

Total n= 189

Patient receiving hemodialysis in a clinic

91 (48.1)

Patient on home hemodialysis

32 (16.9)

Patient on peritoneal dialysis

22 (11.6)

Patient on dialysis, no detail

2 (1.1)

Patient, within a year of starting dialysis

6 (3.2)

Care provider

36 (19.0)

Age

 

18 – 29

5 (2.6)

30 – 39

15 (7.9)

40 – 49

26 (13.8)

50 – 59

35 (18.5)

60 – 69

49 (25.9)

70 – 79

23 (12.2)

80 and over

10 (5.3)

Prefer not to answer

26 (13.8)

Gender

 

Male

73 (38.6)

Female

89 (47.1)

Prefer not to answer

27 (14.3)

Ethnicity

 

Aboriginal

3 (1.6)

Asian

10 (5.3)

Black

9 (4.8)

Mixed

3 (1.6)

Other

7 (3.7)

White

123 (65.1)

Prefer not to say

34 (18.0)

Province

 

Atlantic

26 (13.8)

British Columbia

7 (3.7)

Ontario

59 (31.2)

Prairies

65 (34.4)

Quebec

4 (2.1)

Territories

1 (0.5)

Prefer not to say

27 (14.3)