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Table 1 Patient socio-demographics (completed 1st interview) for historical group and concurrent group who did (AD) and did not (AN) receive day care

From: Relationship between three palliative care outcome scales

Demographics

Historical Group (n = 66)

Group AD (n = 28)

Group AN (n = 46)

Age in years

   

Mean (SD)

69.2 (12.4)

74.0 (10.1)

70.8 (11.9)

Median/range

71.0/34–94

77.0/50–94

72.0/39–90

Gender

   

Women

40 (61%)

12 (43%)

23 (50%)

Men

26 (39%)

16 (57%)

23 (50%)

Ethnicity

   

White UK

66 (100%)

28 (100%)

46 (100%)

Employment Status

   

Working (F/T or P/T)

6 (9%)

2 (7%)

2 (4.5%)

Not working (unable)

14 (22%)

2 (7%)

9 (20.5%)

Retired

45 (69%)

23 (85%)

33 (75%)

Carer

   

Spouse

43 (65%)

20 (71%)

30 (70%)

Other carer

12 (18%)

5 (18%)

9 (21%)

No carer

11 (17%)

3 (11%)

4 (9%)

Carer Contact

   

Lives with spouse

43 (65%)

20 (71%)

30 (70%)

Lives with family

2 (3%)

0

2 (5%)

Lives alone

21 (32%)

8 (29%)

11(25%)

Carer employment

   

Working (F/T or P/T)

18 (29%)

6 (21%)

8 (19%)

Not working (unable)

5 (8%)

2 (7%)

4 (9%)

Retired

29 (46%)

17 (61%)

27 (63%)

No carer

11 (17%)

3 (11%)

4 (9%)

Housing

   

Own/private

28 (42%)

11 (39%)

17 (37%)

Own/council

7 (11%)

7 (25%)

7 (15%)

Own/rented

28 (42%)

9 (32%)

20 (44%)

Other (N/home)

3 (5%)

1 (4%)

2 (4%)

Primary diagnosis

   

Lung cancer

11 (17%)

4 (14%)

11 (26%)

Gastrointestinal

11 (17%)

8 (29%)

9 (21%)

Breast

9 (14%)

4 (14%)

4 (10%)

GU/Prostate

11 (17%)

6 (21%)

8 (19%)

Gynae

7 (11%)

0

3 (7%)

Other cancer

10 (15%)

4 (14%)

7 (17%)

Non-cancer

6 (9%)

2 (7%)

0

Place of death

(n = 46)

(n = 11)

(n = 22)

Home

8 (17%)

4 (36%)

6 (27%)

Hospital

7 (15%)

1 (9%)

3 (14%)

Hospice

31 (67%)

6 (55%)

13 (59%)