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Table 1 Person- and organization – related conditions and patients’ perceptions of care quality (n = 191)

From: The relationships between the combination of person- and organization-related conditions and patients’ perceptions of palliative care quality

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*

  1. For categorical variables, n (%) is presented. For continuous variables, mean (SD) and range are presented
  2. ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder; HF, heart failure; MS, multiple sclerosis
  3. *Including ‘not applicable’ for all home-care patients (n = 38)