Information about different treatment options and shared decision making in dialysis care - a retrospective survey among hemodialysis patients

Table 1 Patient characteristics

		Total n [%]	Informed n [%]	Non-informed n [%]
Sex
	Male	353 [60.1]	204 [58.8]	143 [41.2]
	Female	234 [39.9]	119 [51.7]	111 [48.3]
Age
	≤ 65 years	168 [28.5]	121 [72.5]*	46 [27.4]*
	> 65 years	422 [71.5]	203 [49.2]*	210 [50.8]*
Education level
	low	285 [49.2]	137 [49.3]**	141 [50.7]**
	high	294 [50.8]	182 [62.3]**	110 [37.7]**
Dialysis vintage in years, mean [SD]		2.0 [0.5]	2.0 [0.6]	2.0 [0.5]

Notes: Standard deviation (SD); *p < 0.001, **p = 0.002 (single chi square tests)

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