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Table 1 Patients’ Characteristics

From: Factors that influence advance directives completion amongst terminally ill patients at a tertiary hospital in Kenya

Patients Characteristics

 

n

%

Age Group

  < 45 years

57

22.53

 45-65 years

88

34.78

  > 65 years

108

42.69

Gender

 Male

113

52.31

 Female

103

47.69

Nationality

 Kenyan

183

84.72

 Non-Kenyan

83

15.28

Ethnicity

 African

151

69.91

 Asian

48

22.22

 Caucasian

13

6.02

 Others

4

1.85

Marital Status

 Divorced

3

1.4

 Married

164

76.64

 Single

18

8.41

 Widowed

29

13.55

Parental Status

 A Parent

189

87.5

 Not a Parent

27

12.5

Education

 No formal Education

5

2.43

 Primary

17

7.94

 Secondary

25

11.68

 Tertiary

167

78.04

Socio-economic class

 Semi-skilled

27

12.74

 Unskilled

86

40.57

 Highly skilled

99

46.7

Religion

 Hindu

20

9.35

 Islam

37

17.29

 Judaism

1

0.49

 Protestant

140

65.42

 Catholic

15

7.01

 Others

1

0.47