From: Associations between successful palliative cancer pathways and community nurse involvement
Cases in study (N= 101) | Cases of relative-non-responders (N = 46) | Cases where the GP or CN advised against sending the relative a questionnaire (N = 52) | |
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Patient's age at time of death (mean (95% CI)) | 69.6 (67.3;71.9) | 68.1 (64.8;71.4) | 73.0 (69.9;76.2) |
Patient's gender (n (%)) | |||
Male | 61 (60.4) | 18 (39.1)* | 30 (57.7) |
Female | 40 (39.6) | 28 (60.9)* | 22 (42.3) |
Primary cancer diagnosis (n (%)) | |||
Bronchus/lung | 16 (15.8) | 10 (21.7) | 8 (15.4) |
Colon/Rectum | 13 (12.9) | 8 (17.4) | 5 (9.6) |
Breast | 11 (10.9) | 9 (19.6) | 3 (5.8) |
Prostate | 17 (16.8) | 3 (6.5) | 11 (21.2) |
Other | 44 (43.6) | 16 (34.8) | 25 (48.1) |
Place of death (n (%)) | |||
Home | 62 (61.4) | 25 (54.4) | 10 (19.2)* |
Nursing home | 13 (12.9) | 3 (6.5) | 18 (34.6)* |
Hospital/Hospice | 25 (24.8) | 18 (39.1) | 23 (44.2)* |
Other (e.g. other institution) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) |
Relative's age at time of filling in questionnaire | - | - | |
(mean (95% CI)) | 58.3 (55.4; 61.2) | ||
Gender of relative (n (%)) | - | - | |
Male | 28 (27.7) | ||
Female | 73 (72.3) | ||
Relative's relation to deceased (n (%)) | - | - | |
Spouse | 63 (62.4) | ||
Girlfriend or boyfriend | 1 (1.0) | ||
Daughter or son | 32 (31.7) | ||
Sister or brother | 1 (1.0) | ||
Parent | 1 (1.0) | ||
Daughter-in-law | 3 (3.0) | ||
Relative lived with patient (n (%)) | - | - | |
No | 23 (23.7) | ||
Yes | 74 (76.3) | ||
Relative's vocational education (n (%)) | - | - | |
3 years or less | 62 (63.3) | ||
> 3 years | 36 (36.7) | ||
CN's age (mean (95% CI) | 44.4 (42.7;46.2) | 46.2 (43.8;48.6) | 46.1 (43.9;48.4) |
CN's years as CN (n (%)) | |||
Five and less | 36 (40.0) | 16 (40.0) | 12 (25.0) |
More than five | 54 (60.0) | 24 (60.0) | 36 (75.0) |
CN's extra education or courses in palliative care (n (%)) | |||
No | |||
Yes | 70 (82.4) | 34 (85.0) | 39 (86.7) |
15 (17.6) | 6 (15.0) | 6 (13.3) | |
CN's and community services' home-visits pr day (n (%)) | |||
Less than one | |||
One or more | 14 (14.7) | 5 (12.2) | 9 (18.4) |
81 (85.3) | 36 (87.8) | 40 (81.6) | |
CN's knowledge prior to palliative period (n (%)) | |||
Poor | |||
Well | 57 (60.6) | 22 (51.2) | 29 (56.9) |
37 (39.4) | 21 (48.8) | 22 (43.1) | |
CN's contact with relatives (n (%)) | |||
No | 3 (3.1) | 2 (4.7) | 15 (30.6)* |
Yes | 94 (96.9) | 41 (95.3) | 34 (69.4)* |
GP involvement (n (%)) | |||
No | 14 (15.2) | 4 (9.3) | 10 (20.0) |
Yes | 78 (84.8) | 39 (90.7) | 40 (80.0) |
Specialist team involvement (n (%)) | |||
No | 39 (55.7) | 21 (58.3) | 21 (56.8) |
Yes | 31 (44.3) | 15 (41.7) | 16 (43.2) |