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Table 2 CANCER patients’ characteristics and circumstances of the first evaluation by Palliative Care Consultation Team (N = 504)

From: Integration and activity of hospital-based palliative care consultation teams: the INSIGHT multicentric cohort study

 

Number

Percent

Men

277

(55.6)

Age, mean (SD)

68.6

(14.2)

Setting

 Short term inpatient unit

386

(76.6)

 Rehabilitation services or long term unit

31

(6.2)

 Outpatient clinic

55

(10.9)

 Medical consultation

32

(6.3)

Service requesting consultation

(N = 493) a

 

 Oncology

141

(28.6)

 Gastroenterology and hepatology

119

(24.1)

 Pneumology

56

(11.4)

 Geriatrics

50

(10.1)

 Internal Medecine

36

(7.3)

 Neurology

17

(3.4)

 Haematology

15

(3.0)

 Dermatology

14

(2.8)

 Radiotherapy

7

(1.4)

  Others

17

(14.0)

Cancer history

 Incurable at the initial diagnosis (N = 371) a

217

(58.5)

 Metastatic sites

(N = 393) a

 

  0

45

(11.5)

  1

104

(26.5)

  2

115

(29.3)

  3 or more

129

(32.8)

 Current evolution of disease

(N = 456) a

 

  At diagnosis (treatment not started)

47

(10.3)

  Stability or answer to treatment

35

(7.6)

  Progression (local or metastatic)

374

(82.0)

 Antitumoral treatment was :

(N = 433) a

 

  Not yet or never started

108

(24.9)

  Continuing

166

(38.3

  Discontinued

159

(36.7)

Prognostic factors

 PSb ≥ 3 and/or Karnofski ≤ 50 (n = 474)

336

(70.9)

 Albumin, g/L, median (Q1-Q3) (n = 246)

29

(23–33)

  1. aafter excluding missing data
  2. bPerformance Status, as measured by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale (http://www.ecog.org/general/perf_stat.html)