Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Provision of palliative care for chronic heart failure inpatients: how much do we need?
All pts with clinical CHF diagnosis N = 28 | Appropriate for palliative care N = 16 | Not appropriate for palliative care N = 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean age (standard deviation) | 78 (SD = 13.1) | 76.4 (13.5) | 80.1 (12.7) |
Sex | 17 (60.7%) female | 6 (37.5%) female | 11 (91.7%) female |
Ethnicity | 23 Caucasian 3 African-Caribbean 4 Missing | 12 Caucasian 3 African-Caribbean 1 Missing | 9 Caucasian 3 Missing |
Mean no of previous admissions (standard deviation) | 1.1 (1.3) | 1.5 (1.5) | 0.4 (0.7) |
Mean no of palliative problems (standard deviation) | 4.1 (2.6) | 5.1 (2.3) | 2.8 (2.4) |
Mean no of inpatient multiprofessional disciplines seen this admission (standard deviation) | 1.6 (1.5) | 2.1 (1.6) | 0.9 (0.9) |