Participant characteristics
| Characteristic | No. of participants |
|---|---|
| All participants | 21 |
| Geographic location | |
| Alberta | 15 |
| Ontario | 4 |
| Saskatchewan | 1 |
| Manitoba | 1 |
| Employment status | |
| Full-time | 14 |
| Retired | 4 |
| Part-time | 1 |
| Disability, not employed | 2 |
| Education | |
| University degree | 11 |
| Professional or graduate degree (e.g., MD) | 4 |
| Technical diploma | 3 |
| High school | 2 |
| Did not respond | 1 |
| Age, yr | |
| < 40 | 4 |
| 40–64 | 13 |
| ≥ 65 | 4 |
| Ethnicity | |
| White | 18 |
| Asian | 2 |
| Latin American | 1 |
| Gender | |
| Woman | 16 |
| Man | 5 |
| Patients (n = 5) and caregivers (n = 4)* | 9 |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 7 |
| Common law | 2 |
| Divorced | 0 |
| Single | 0 |
| Cause of CKD† | |
| Diabetes | 3 |
| High blood pressure | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Time with CKD, yr† | |
| < 5 | 2 |
| 5–9 | 2 |
| 10–20 | 1 |
| Self-reported kidney function (eGFR in mL/min/1.73 m2)† | |
| < 15 | 2 |
| 15–29 | 0 |
| 30–44 | 0 |
| 45–60 | 1 |
| Did not respond | 2 |
| Peer mentors | 4 |
| Length of time as mentor, yr | |
| 1–4 | 1 |
| 5–10 | 0 |
| > 10 | 3 |
| Treatment experience‡ | |
| Kidney transplant | 4 |
| Hemodialysis | 4 |
| Peritoneal dialysis | 2 |
| Non-patient stakeholders | 8 |
| Role | |
| Allied health | 2 |
| Nephrologist | 2 |
| Nurse/nurse practitioner | 2 |
| Peer support program representative | 2 |
| Time in current position, yr | |
| < 10 | 0 |
| 10–15 | 2 |
| > 15 | 6 |
| Clinical time in current role, % | |
| < 25 | 1 |
| 25–50 | 1 |
| > 50 | 4 |
| Not applicable | 2 |
Note: CKD = chronic kidney disease, eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate, MD = medical doctor.
↵* Caregivers attended either with (n = 2) or without (n = 2) their loved one with CKD.
↵† Patient participants only.
↵‡ All peer mentors reported having experience with peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis or both, in addition to transplantation.