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Table 1 Participant characteristics (N = 59)

From: Psychological process from hospitalization to death among uninformed terminal liver cancer patients in Japan

Male/Female

59/0

Age (years) (mean ± SD)

58.7 ± 3.53

Type of living

 

   Living with wife

55

   Living without wife or alone

4

Religious belief

 

   Don't have any special beliefs

52

   Have beliefs

7

Education

 

   University graduate or higher

52

   High school or Vocational school graduate

7

Occupation

 

   Office worker

33

   Company executive

8

   Retired

7

   Farmer

6

   Specialist

5

Period of hospitalization (month)

 

   Mean ± SD

19.2 ± 1.5

   Range

14.2–21.6

Period from hospitalization to the first interview (day)

 

   Medican (25 percentile-75 percentile)

8 (6–12)

Period from the last interview to death (day)

 

   Medican (25 percentile-75 percentile)

8(5–11)