Characteristics | Settings of care | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospice inpatient (n = 72) | Hospice day care (n = 51) | Palliative units in nursing homes (n = 30) | Home care (n = 38) | P-value | ||
Age, mean score (SD) | 63.81 (11.25) | 62.88 (10.33) | 70.00 (10.65) | 74.79 (10.65) | <0.001/<0.001* | |
Range | 41–86 | 42–83 | 50–88 | 55–94 | ||
Missing | 7 | |||||
Gender, n (%) | 0.356 | |||||
Female | 35 (50.0) | 33 (66.0) | 17 (56.7) | 23 (60.5) | ||
Male | 35 (50.0) | 17 (34.0) | 13 (43.3) | 15 (39.5) | ||
Missing | 3 | |||||
Education, n (%) | <0.002 | |||||
Primary school or high school (or equivalent) | 34 (47.9) | 33 (66.0) | 23 (79.3) | 29 (80.6) | ||
University/university college | 37 (52.1) | 17 (34.0) | 6 (20.7) | 7 (19.4) | ||
Missing | 5 | |||||
First languagea, n (%) | 0.335 | |||||
Norwegian | 64 (88.9) | 45 (90.0) | 30 (100) | 38 (100) | ||
Sami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Other Nordic language | 3 (4.2) | 1 (2.0) | 0 | 0 | ||
Other European language | 4 (5.6) | 4 (8.0) | 0 | 0 | ||
Non-European language | 1 (1.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Missing | 1 | |||||
Living conditions, n (%) | 0.396 | |||||
Living alone | 34 (47.2) | 30 (60.0) | 17 (56.7) | 16 (42.1) | ||
Living with a partner | 29 (40.3) | 15 (30.0) | 10 (33.3) | 20 (52.6) | ||
Living with children aged <18 years | 7 (9.7) | 2 (4.0) | 1 (3.3) | 1 (2.6) | ||
Living with others | 2 (2.8) | 3 (6.0) | 2 (6.7) | 1 (2.6) | ||
Missing | 1 | |||||
The amount of contact with family or friends, n(%) | 0.250 | |||||
Daily | 47 (66.2) | 22 (44.0) | 20 (66.7) | 21 (55.3) | ||
Several times a week | 19 (26.8) | 22 (44.0) | 8 (26.7) | 15 (39.5) | ||
Once a week to once a month | 5 (7.0) | 6 (12.0) | 2 (6.7) | 2 (5.3) | ||
Less than once a month | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
No contact with family or friends | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Missing | 2 | |||||
The sufficiency of contact with family or friends, n(%) | 0.675 | |||||
Too often | 2 (2.9) | 1 (2.0) | 2 (6.7) | 0 | ||
Sufficient | 61 (87.1) | 43 (86.0) | 23 (76.7) | 33 (86.8) | ||
Too seldom | 7 (10.0) | 6 (12.0) | 5 (16.7) | 5 (13.2) | ||
Missing | 3 | |||||
Number of diagnoses, n (%) | <0.001 | |||||
One diagnosis | 61 (84.7) | 36 (72.0) | 11 (36.7) | 24 (63.2) | ||
Two or more diagnoses | 11 (15.3) | 14 (28.0) | 19 (63.3) | 14 (36.8) | ||
Missing | 1 | |||||
Type of diagnosisa, n (%) | <0.001 | |||||
Malign diagnoses (cancer) | 69 (95.8) | 38 (76.0) | 17 (56.7) | 20 (52.6) | ||
Non-malign diagnoses (e.g. COPD, HF, MS, ALS, Parkinson’s disease) | 0 (0) | 8 (16.0) | 8 (26.7) | 15 (39.5) | ||
Mixed malign and non-malign diagnosis | 3 (4.2) | 4 (8.0) | 5 (16.7) | 3 (7.9) | ||
Missing | 1 | |||||
Time in care (days), n (%) | <0.001 | |||||
3–7 | 23 (34.3) | 3 (6.3) | 5 (20.7) | 0 | ||
8–30 | 25 (37.3) | 7 (14.6) | 18 (62.1) | 2 (5.7) | ||
31–182 days (1–6 months) | 9 (13.4) | 23 (47.9) | 3 (10.3) | 13 (37.1) | ||
> 183 (>6 months) | 10 (14.9) | 15 (31.3) | 2 (6.0) | 20 (57.1) | ||
Missing | 12 | |||||
Religious affiliation, n (%) | 0.345 | |||||
No | 30 (45.5) | 24 (52.2) | 19 (65.5) | 20 (54.1) | ||
Yes | 36 (54.4) | 22 (47.8) | 10 (34.5) | 17 (45.9) | ||
Missing | 13 | |||||
Sense of coherence (SocTotal), mean score (SD) | 62.56 (11.68) | 61.50 (10.00) | 60.77 (10.18) | 65.41 (12.18) | 0.407 | |
Range | 29–91 | 31–84 | 45–81 | 42–87 | ||
Missing | 44 | |||||
Physiological wellbeing, mean score (SD) | 3.56 (0.93) | 3.62 (0.83) | 3.23 (1.03) | 3.48 (0.96) | 0.356 | |
Missing | 21 | |||||
Health-related quality of life (EQ VAS), mean score(SD) | 47.95 (22.03) | 50.49 (21.08) | 42.69 (17.16) | 48.19 (18.52) | 0.480 | |
Range | 5–90 | 0–90 | 10–85 | 5–90 | ||
Missing | 25 |