Table 1 Characteristics of the patients whose family members participated in the studya denotes the number of died patients
Age, Gender Diagnosesa | 25–40 | 41–60 | 60–74 | 75–80 | Sum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woman | Man | Woman | Man | Woman | Man | Woman | Man | ||
2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | ||
Breast Cancer, multiple metastases, multiorgan failure | 1 | – | 3 (1)a | – | 4 (1) | – | – | – | 8 (2) |
Pancreatic Head Cancer, Mechanical Jundice, Ascites. | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 5 (3) |
Gallblader Duct Cancer, Cholangiostomic Obstruction | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
Liver Cancer, Hepatic Failure | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 (2) | – | – | 3 (2) |
Lung Cancer, Multiple Bone Metastases | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 (1) | 4 (1) |
Kidney Cancer, Multiple Bone Metastases | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
Mediastinal Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,Multiorgan Failure | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Retroperitoneal Lymphoma, Multiorgan Failure | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 (1) | – | 2 (1) |
Diabetes, Osteoporoses, Femoral Head Fracture, Kidney Failure | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 3 |
Prostate Cancer, Ascites, Multiorganic Failure. | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 (1) | – | – | 4 (1) |
Acute Stroke, Cerebral Coma | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 (1) | 3 (1) |
Post Stroke Condition, Partial Intestinal Obstruction | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 (1) | 1 | 1 (1) | 7 (2) |
Alzheimer’s Disease | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
Heart Failure, Dementia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Uterine Cancer, Multiple Metastases, Hydrothorax, Ascites | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 4 |
Esophageal Cancer, Gastrostoma, Dementia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
Large Intestinal Cancer, Terminal Ileostoma, | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 (1) | 3 (1) |
Liver Ciroses, Esophageal Varicose Bleeding, Multiorganic Failure | – | 1 | – | 1 (1) | – | – | – | 1 (1) | 3 (2) |
Sum | 5 | 13 (2) | 20 (6) | 21 (9) | 59 (17) | ||||