Table 5 Association between GPs’ assessment of family carers’ burden during second to fourth week before patients’ death and hospitalisation in the final week (GP perspective, n = 194)
Total (n = 194) | No hospitalisation in final week (n = 161) | Hospitalisation in final week (n = 33) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | Odds (CI 95%) | |
No to some burden | 31 | 30 | 36 | 1 |
Fairly heavy burden | 46 | 45 | 49 | 0.76 (0.32-1.78) |
Severe burden | 23 | 24 | 15 | 0.42 (0.13-1.34) |