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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Willingness to participate in pragmatic dialysis trials: the importance of physician decisional autonomy and consent approach

Characteristic

Patients (N = 200)a

Sex

 Male

107 (54%)

 Female

93 (47%)

Age (years)

 18–29

6 (3%)

 30–-39

18 (9%)

 40–49

25 (13%)

 50–59

44 (22%)

 60–69

64 (32%)

 Over 70

43 (22%)

Race

 White

67 (34%)

 Black

123 (62%)

 Asian

4 (2%)

 Native American

5 (3%)

 Hawaiian

1 (<1%)

Ethnicity

 Hispanic

9 (5%)

 Not Hispanic

191 (96%)

Employment status

 Full time

10 (5%)

 Part time

17 (9%)

 Retired

83 (42%)

 Not employed

90 (45%)

Education

 Less than high school

17 (9%)

 High school

79 (40%)

 Some college

56 (28%)

 College degree

33 (17%)

 Graduate school

15 (8%)

Annual household income

 Less than US$20,000

59 (30%)

 US$20,000–US$39,999

53 (27%)

 US$40,000–US$59,999

36 (18%)

 US$60,000–US$79,999

23 (12%)

 Over US$80,000

25 (13%)

Years on dialysis

 Less than 1 year

35 (18%)

 1–3 years

59 (30%)

 3–5 years

48 (24%)

 More than 5 years

58 (29%)

Hospitalizations in past year

 None

62 (31%)

 1

35 (18%)

 2

40 (20%)

 3–5

51 (26%)

 More than 5

12 (6%)

Medical conditions

 Hypertension

171 (91%)

 Heart disease

84 (45%)

 Diabetes

84 (45%)

 Chronic pulmonary diseases

23 (12%)

 Malignancy

18 (10%)

Research Attitude Questionnaireb

28 (25–30)

Revised Healthcare System Distrust Scalec

23 (18.5–27)

  1. aData are presented as number (percentage) and median (IQR) for categorical and continuous data, respectively. Percentages do not add up to 100% due to rounding
  2. bHigher scores indicate a more favorable view of biomedical research
  3. cHigher scores indicate more distrust of the healthcare system