Person-related conditions | n (%) | Missing |
Age (years) | 7 | |
Mean score (SD) | 66.80 (11.62) | |
Range | 41–94 | |
Gender | 3 | |
Female | 108 (57.4) | |
Male | 80 (42.6) | |
Education | 5 | |
Compulsory school or equivalent | 47 (25.3) | |
High school or equivalent | 72 (38.7) | |
University/university college | 67 (36.0) | |
Type of diagnosis | 1 | |
Malignant illness (cancer)/Mixed malignant and non-malignant illnesses | 159 (83.7) | |
Non-malignant illness (e.g. COPD, HF, MS, ALS, Parkinson’s disease) | 31 (16.3) | |
Number of diagnoses | 1 | |
One diagnosis | 132 (69.5) | |
Two or more diagnoses | 58 (30.5) | |
Living conditions | 1 | |
Living alone | 97 (51.1) | |
Living with a partner/Living with others | 82 (43.2) | |
Living with children aged <18 years | 11 (5.8) | |
The amount of contact with family or friends | 2 | |
Daily contact | 110 (58.2) | |
Less than daily contact | 79 (41.8) | |
Religious affiliation | 13 | |
No | 93 (52.2) | |
Yes | 85 (47.8) | |
Sense of coherence (SOC total) | 44 | |
Mean score (SD) | 62.52 (11.06) | |
Range | 29-91 | |
Physiological well-being | 21 | |
Poor/very poor | 20 (11.8) | |
Neither good or poor | 56 (32.9) | |
Good/very good | 94 (55.3) | |
Health-related quality of life (EQ - VAS) | 25 | |
Mean score (SD) | 47.92 (20.38) | |
Range | 0-90 | |
Time in care | 12 | |
3–7 days | 32 (17.9) | |
8-30 days | 52 (29.1) | |
31–182 days (1–6 months) | 48 (26.8) | |
> 183 (6 months) | 47 (26.3) | |
Organization - related conditions related to each patient | ||
Organizational model for physicians | 0 | |
Physician employed/available in the ward | 153 (80.1) | |
Physician as patient’s GP in community care | 38 (19.9) | |
Organizational model for nursing care | 0 | |
Team nursing | 63 (33.0) | |
Primary nursing | 128 (67.0) | |
Settings with physicians who have achieved palliative medicine as a subspeciality | 0 | |
Settings with physicians having subspecialty in palliative medicine | 101 (52.9) | |
Settings without physicians having subspecialty in palliative medicine | 90 (47.1) | |
Systematically assessment of symptoms (ESAS) | 0 | |
All or most patients | 150 (78.5) | |
Some or no patients | 41 (21.5) | |
Patients’ perceptions of palliative care quality | ||
Perceptions of care received (PR scale) [mean score (SD)] | ||
Medical–technical competence | 3.05 (0.70) | 5 |
Physical–technical conditions | 3.50 (0.59) | 5 |
Identity–oriented approach | 3.35 (0.50) | 2 |
Sociocultural atmosphere | 3.34 (0.52) | 6 |
Medical care (single item) | 3.57 (0.73) | 5 |
Personal hygiene (single item) | 3.51 (0.70) | 61 |
Atmosphere (single item) | 3.89 (0.33) | 68* |
Perceptions of subjective importance (SI scale) [mean score (SD)] | ||
Medical–technical competence | 3.17 (0.62) | 6 |
Physical–technical conditions | 3.49 (0.55) | 6 |
Identity– oriented approach | 3.50 (0.47) | 3 |
Sociocultural atmosphere | 3.40 (0.49) | 5 |
Medical care (single item) | 3.75 (0.53) | 5 |
Personal hygiene (single item) | 3.47 (0.71) | 54 |
Atmosphere (single item) | 3.79 (0.43) | 72* |