Empowering Patients on Choices for Renal Replacement Therapy (Aim 2)

Empowering Patients On Choices for Renal Replacement Therapy (EPOCH-RRT) study seeks to
identify factors that matter the most to patients with kidney disease and study how they are
impacted by different types of dialysis. The inclusion of patients, caregivers, and patient
advocacy organizations as research partners will assure that the study addresses questions
of greatest relevance to patients facing the need for dialysis.

Aim two is based on preliminary results of Aim one interviews, and in collaboration with the
Patient Advisory Panel, the investigators developed a brief questionnaire to be administered
to participants in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) and Peritoneal
Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS). Two separate versions of the
questionnaire were created to reflect unique aspects of in-center hemodialysis (HD) and
peritoneal dialysis (PD).