Table 1 Demographic characteristics of cancer patients and their caregivers in the two settings
Hospital N = 145 | Hospice N = 127 | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n. | % | n. | % | ||
Age (mean, range) | 76 | (46–96) | 73 | (43–96) | .238 |
Gender | |||||
Male | 100 | 69.0 | 70 | 55.1 | |
Female | 45 | 31.0 | 57 | 44.9 | .019 |
Education (years) | |||||
9-13 | 21 | 18.3 | 35 | 36.4 | |
6-8 | 26 | 22.6 | 23 | 24.0 | |
0-5 | 68 | 59.1 | 38 | 39.6 | .005 |
Unknown | 30 | 31 | |||
Marital status | |||||
Single | 42 | 32.3 | 55 | 48.2 | |
Married | 88 | 67.7 | 59 | 51.8 | .011 |
Unknown | 15 | 13 | |||
Referred from | |||||
Home | 123 | 87.9 | 51 | 40.2 | |
Nursing home | 7 | 5.0 | 8 | 6.3 | |
Hospital | 10 | 7.1 | 68 | 53.5 | <.001 |
Unknown | 5 | - | |||
Primary tumour | |||||
Digestive system | 45 | 31.0 | 41 | 32.3 | |
Respiratory system | 40 | 27.6 | 30 | 23.6 | |
Genitourinary system | 14 | 9.7 | 24 | 18.9 | |
Haematological | 27 | 18.6 | 7 | 5.5 | |
Breast | 8 | 5.5 | 5 | 3.9 | |
Others | 11 | 7.6 | 20 | 15.7 | .003 |
Days in ward/hospice (median, range) | 7 | (1–63) | 11 | (1–261) | .008 |
CAREGIVER | |||||
Age (mean, range) | 55 | (24–91) | 54 | (25–81) | .779 |
Gender | |||||
Male | 52 | 36.4 | 46 | 36.2 | |
Female | 91 | 63.6 | 81 | 63.8 | .981 |
Unknown | 2 | ||||
Relationship partner | 40 | 28.4 | 37 | 29.1 | |
Child | 78 | 55.3 | 61 | 48.1 | |
Other | 23 | 16.3 | 29 | 22.8 | .339 |
Unknown | 4 | - | |||
Education (years) | |||||
9-13 | 55 | 51.8 | 61 | 64.2 | |
6-8 | 36 | 34.0 | 28 | 29.5 | |
0-5 | 15 | 14.2 | 6 | 6.3 | .101 |
Unknown | 39 | 32 | |||