Table 2 Characteristics of the patients who were registered as terminal and those who were not
Variables | Total N = 202 | Registered terminal situation | Registered terminal situation | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes N = 104 | No N = 98 | ||||||
Age | 72.81 years | 72.13 years | 73.56 years | 0.470 | |||
(SD = 13.85) | (SD = 14.69) | (SD = 12.91) | |||||
Sex | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | 0.865 |
58.5 % (n = 108) | 46.5 % (n = 94) | 52.9 % (n = 55) | 47.1 % (n = 49) | 54.1 % (n = 53) | 45.9 % (n = 45) | ||
Pathology | Oncological | Not oncological | Oncological | Not oncological | Oncological | Not oncological | 0.003 |
40.1 % (n = 81) | 59.9 % (n = 121) | 50 % (n = 52) | 50 % (n = 52) | 29.6 % (n = 29) | 70.4 % (n = 69) | ||
Time elapsed since patient was diagnosed | <1 year | >1 year | <1 year | >1 year | <1 year | >1 year | 0.327 |
29.7 % (n = 46) | 70.3 % (n = 109) | 32.9 % (n = 28) | 67.1 % (n = 57) | 25.7 % (n = 18) | 74.3 % (n = 52) | ||
Comorbidity | Low comorbidity | High comorbidity | Low comorbidity | High comorbidity | Low comorbidity | High comorbidity | 0.626 |
13.2 % (n = 22) | 86.8 % (n = 145) | 14.5 % (n = 12) | 85.5 % (n = 71) | 11.9 % (n = 10) | 88.1 % (n = 74) | ||