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Table 1 Patient demographics (N = 30)

From: The dignified approach to care: a pilot study using the patient dignity question as an intervention to enhance dignity and person-centred care for people with palliative care needs in the acute hospital setting

Variable

N

%

M

SD

Male

14

   

Female

16

   

Age (Years)

  

65.4

10.8

Palliative Performance

  

54.3

11.4

Palliative Prognostic Index

  

2.6

2.1

Diagnosis:

    

Missing

2

6.7

  

Advanced abdominal cancer

1

3.3

  

Anal cancer

1

3.3

  

Anorectal cancer

1

3.3

  

Bowel cancer

1

3.3

  

Chronic Kidney Disease

2

6.7

  

Lung cancer

5

16.7

  

Metastatic breast cancer

1

3.3

  

Metatistic bladder cancer

1

3.3

  

Myeloma

2

6.7

  

Oesophageal cancer

1

3.3

  

Ovarian cancer

6

20

  

Pancreatic cancer

2

6.7

  

Peritoneal cancer

1

3.3

  

Prostate cancer

1

3.3

  

Renal cancer and lung cancer

1

3.3

  

Vulval melanoma

1

3.3