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Table 3 Patients’ demographic, diagnostic, comorbidity and death details

From: Health service utilisation during the last year of life: a prospective, longitudinal study of the pathways of patients with chronic kidney disease stages 3-5

Characteristics

N = 19 All N (% All)

n = 9 Conservative n (% Group)

n = 10 Dialysis n (% Group)

Gender

 Male

12 (63)

5 (56)

7 (70)

Age (years)

 Median (range)

78 (42-90)

86 (72-90)

74 (42-90)

  < 60 years

3 (16)

0 (0)

3 (30)

 60-80

8 (42)

3 (33)

5 (50)

  > 80

8 (42)

6 (67)

2 (20)

Marital status

 Married/Defacto

10 (53)

5 (56)

5 (50)

Living arrangements

 Lives with others

16 (84)a

7 (78)b

9 (90)c

 Lives alone

3 (16)

2 (22)

1 (10)

CKD stage

 Stage 4

4 (21)

4 (44)

–

 Stage 5

15 (79)

5 (56)

10 (100)

Comorbidity index

 Median (range)

8 (3-11)

9 (7-10)

6.5 (3-11)

Deaths during study period

 Numberd

7 (37)

4 (44)

3 (30)

 Median (range) days from study entryd

148 (92-330)

217 (92-330)

103 (101-228)

  1. Note: Percentages may not equal 100% due to rounding,
  2. aThree patients lived in nursing homes and one patient shared a house - not with a carer
  3. bTwo patients lived in nursing homes
  4. cOne patient lived in a nursing home and one patient shared a house - not with a carer
  5. dIncludes a patient who died as a result of an accident