Table 2 Distribution of background characteristics by dyspnea and nutrition clinical complexity CAPs of clients receiving palliative home care services 2006–2011, Ontario, Canada (N = 6,769)
| Â | Dyspnea | Nutrition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not triggered % (N) | Trigger level 1% (N) | Chi-square (df) | p Value | Not triggered % (N) | Trigger level 1% (N) | Trigger level 2% (N) | Chi-square (df) | p Value | |
Age groups | |||||||||
18-44 | 68.6 (192) | 31.4 (88) | 31.8 (4) | <.0001 | 76.4 (155) | 12.3 (25) | 11.3 (23) | 28.4 (8) | 0.0004 |
45-64 | 57.1 (1,140) | 42.9 (858) | Â | Â | 78.7 (1,044) | 6.3 (84) | 14.9 (198) | Â | Â |
65-74 | 54.4 (919) | 45.6 (769) | Â | Â | 76.5 (855) | 8.4 (94) | 15.1 (169) | Â | Â |
75-84 | 52.0 (994) | 48.0 (919) | Â | Â | 73.1 (882) | 10.3 (124) | 16.7 (201) | Â | Â |
85 + | 54.0 (420) | 45.9 (356) | Â | Â | 71.9 (330) | 12.2 (56) | 15.9 (73) | Â | Â |
Gender | |||||||||
Male | 53.1 (1,727) | 46.9 (1,526) | 9.6 (1) | 0.002 | 78.9 (1,645) | 6.3 (132) | 14.8 (308) | 38.1 (2) | <.0001 |
Female | 56.9 (1,908) | 43.1 (1,446) | Â | Â | 72.5 (1,591) | 11.4 (251) | 16.1 (353) | Â | Â |
Estimated prognosis | |||||||||
Death imminent | 37.4 (40) | 62.6 (67) | 105.2 (3) | <.0001 | 64.7 (33) | 2.0 (1) | 33.3 (17) | 78.4 (6) | <.0001 |
Less than 6Â weeks | 43.8 (203) | 56.3 (261) | Â | Â | 65.2 (193) | 6.8 (20) | 28.0 (83) | Â | Â |
6Â weeks to 6Â months | 53.4 (1,413) | 46.6 (1,235) | Â | Â | 73.5 (1,407) | 9.2 (176) | 17.3 (331) | Â | Â |
Greater than 6Â months | 63.7 (1,454) | 36.3 (829) | Â | Â | 79.4 (1,355) | 9.4 (161) | 11.2 (191) | Â | Â |
Geographic location | |||||||||
Site 1 | 62.6 (167) | 37.5 (100) | 41.5 (5) | <.0001 | 74.1 (172) | 4.7 (11) | 21.1 (49) | 38.9 (10) | <.0001 |
Site 2 | 53.3 (2,389) | 46.7 (2,091) | Â | Â | 77.1 (1,945) | 8.2 (208) | 14.7 (371) | Â | Â |
Site 3 | 58.1 (574) | 41.9 (414) | Â | Â | 71.3 (627) | 10.8 (95) | 17.9 (157) | Â | Â |
Site 4 | 54.0 (273) | 46.1 (233) | Â | Â | 75.6 (272) | 10.8 (39) | 13.6 (49) | Â | Â |
Site 5 | 76.4 (107) | 23.6 (33) | Â | Â | 72.8 (75) | 17.5 (18) | 9.7 (10) | Â | Â |
Site 6 | 56.6 (155) | 43.4 (119) | Â | Â | 81.4 (175) | 5.6 (12) | 13.0 (28) | Â | Â |
Diagnosis | |||||||||
Have cancer diagnosis | 57.8 (2,295) | 42.2 (1,678) | 98.9 (3) | <.0001 | 76.1 (1,912) | 8.71 (219) | 15.2 (383) | 39.5 (6) | <.0001 |
Have cancer and non-cancer diagnosis | 56.5 (1,023) | 43.5 (789) | Â | Â | 77.8 (1,047) | 6.76 (91) | 15.5 (208) | Â | Â |
Have non-cancer diagnosis only | 37.8 (245) | 62.3 (404) | Â | Â | 67.5 (241) | 16.8 (60) | 15.7 (56) | Â | Â |
Diagnosis unspecified | 46.2 (103) | 53.9 (119) | Â | Â | 68.8 (66) | 13.5 (13) | 17.7 (17) | Â | Â |