Shared decision-making for renal replacement treatment and illness perception in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease

Table 3 Illness perception, dialysis method and early surgical access of study participants according to the SDM groups (n = 75)

Characteristics	Overall, n = 75	General group, n = 51	Delayed group, n = 24	χ²	p
Illness perception				0.33	0.566
High perception (BIPQ ≥ 54)	38 (50.7%)	27 (52.9%)	11 (45.8%)
Low perception (BIPQ < 54)	37 (49.3%)	24 (47.1%)	13 (54.2%)
Dialysis methods				< 0.01	0.100
Hemodialysis (HD)	62 (82.7%)	45 (88.2%)	17 (70.8%)
Peritoneal dialysis (PD)	13 (17.3%)	6 (11.8%)	7 (29.2%)
Early surgical access				10.00	0.001
Not created	30 (40.0%)	14 (27.5%)	16 (66.7%)
Created	45 (60.0%)	37 (72.5%)	8 (33.3%)

χ² and p-value are estimated using chi-squared test. BIPQ, Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire

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