Table 1 Description of the sample
Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
Number (n) | 159 |
Patient characteristics | |
Age (years)a | 71 (28–97) |
SPCU stay (hours)a | 146 (3–985) |
Gender | |
Female | 85 (53.5 %) |
Male | 74 (46.5 %) |
Religion | n = 159 |
Roman-catholic | 70 (44 %) |
Evangelical | 43 (27 %) |
Muslim | 7 (4 %) |
Other or unknown | 5 (2 %) |
None | 34 (21 %) |
Advanced directives | n = 159 |
Patient will | 69 (43 %) |
Health care proxy | 66 (42 %) |
Disease | n = 159 |
Cancer | 135 (85 %) |
Gastrointestinal | 29 (18 %) |
Haematological | 22 (14 %) |
Lung | 18 (11 %) |
Urogenital | 16 (10 %) |
Gynaecological | 14 (9 %) |
Ear-nose-throat | 6 (4 %) |
Unknown primary | 17 (11 %) |
Other | 13 (8 %) |
Non-cancer | 24 (15 %) |
Multi-organ failure | 7 (4 %) |
Central nervous system | 7 (4 %) |
Cardiovascular | 6 (4 %) |
Other | 3 (2 %) |
Prognostic scores (on admission) | |
PPI (0–15) | n = 78 |
1–5 (>3 weeks) | 18 (23 %) |
6–15 (<3 weeks) | 60 (77 %) |
PaP-S 30 days survival (0–17.5) | n = 79 |
>70 % (0–5.5) | 13 (17 %) |
30–70 % (6–11) | 30 (38 %) |
<30 % (11.5–17.5) | 36 (46 %) |
PPS (0–100 %) | n = 83 |
>50 % | 4 (5 %) |
30–50 % | 37 (38 %) |
10–20 % | 42 (51 %) |
Palliative stage | n = 132 |
Rehabilitation phase | 3 (2.3 %) |
Early end of life phase | 34 (25.8 %) |
Late end of life phase | 81 (61.4 %) |
Terminal phase | 14 (10.6 %) |
Quality of life (on admission) | |
Karnofsky (0–100 %) | n = 76 |
<30 % | 55 (72.4 %) |
>30 % | 21 (27.6 %) |
Data not available | 83 (52 %) |
ECOGa [0–5] | 4 (1–4), n = 140 |
Barthela [0–100] | 20 (0–95), n = 150 |
AEDLa [0–36] | 18 (3–36), n = 159 |
Symptom burdena | n = 159 |
Total score (0–51) | 15 (5–30) |
Psychological burden (0–12) | 4 (0–12) |
Dyspnoea (0–4) | 2 (0–4) |
Nausea/vomiting (0–8) | 0 (0–7) |
Pain (0–10) | 3 (1–9) |