Table 1 Characteristics of the study population, comparing the palliative and the non-palliative group.
Palliative group | Non-palliative group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Included N = 43 (19)# | Excluded N = 36 (16) | Included N = 117 (53) | Excluded N = 26 (12) | All patients N = 222* | |
Gender | |||||
Female | 16 (37.2) | 16 (44.4) | 61 (52.1) | 11 (42.3) | 104 (46.8) |
Male | 27 (62.7) | 20 (55.6) | 56 (47.9) | 15 (57.7) | 118 (53.1) |
Age groups | |||||
Age < 31 | - | - | 13 (11.1) | 3 (11.5) | 16 (7.2) |
Age 31–40 | 1 (2.3) | - | 12 (10.3) | 4 (15.4) | 17 (7.7) |
Age 41–50 | 2 (4.7) | - | 17 (14.5) | 2 (7.7) | 21 (9.5) |
Age 51–60 | 1 (2.3) | - | 23 (19.7) | 4 (15.4) | 28 (12.6) |
Age 61–70 | 9 (20.9) | 2 (5.6) | 20 (17.1) | 6 (23.1) | 37 (16.7) |
Age 71–80 | 19 (44.2) | 10 (27.8) | 23 (19.7) | 4 (17.4) | 56 (25.2) |
Age 81–90 | 9 (20.9) | 18 (50.0) | 7 (6.0) | 3 (11.5) | 37 (16.7) |
Age > 91 | 2 (4.7) | 6 (16.7) | 2 (1.7) | - | 10 (4.5) |
Number of diagnoses | |||||
One diagnosis | 12 (27.9) | 11 (30.6) | 62 (53.0) | 15 (57.7) | 100 (45.0) |
Two diagnoses | 15 (34.9) | 12 (33.3) | 36 (30.8) | 7 (27.0) | 70 (31.5) |
Three diagnoses | 16 (37.2) | 13 (36.1) | 19 (16.2) | 4 (15.4) | 52 (23.4) |
Diagnosis | |||||
Renal failure | 3 (6.9) | 1 (2.8) | 6 (5.2) | 3 (11.5) | 13 (5.9) |
COPD | 14 (32.6) | 5 (13.9) | 13 (11.1) | 1 (3.8) | 33 (14.9) |
Heart and vascular diseases | 21 (48.9) | 15 (41.7) | 31 (26.5) | 6 (23.1) | 73 (32.9) |
Cancer | 16 (37.2) | 3 (8.3) | 13 (11.1) | 2 (7.7) | 34 (15.3) |
Mean days in hospital | 10.6 | 11.5 | 8.8 | 11.8 | 9.9 |