Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics
From: Assessing the validity of the clinician-rated distress thermometer in palliative care
Number | Rate (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic characteristics | |||
Palliative Care Unit | 36 | 70 | |
Cancer Outpatient Department | 9 | 18 | |
Ambulatory palliative care team | 6 | 12 | |
Men | 28 | 55 | |
Age | Average (years) | 65,8 | |
Family Status | With partner | 28 | 55 |
Professional Status | Active | 13 | 25 |
Professional status | Retired | 34 | 67 |
Presence of social support | Yes | 49 | 96 |
Disease-related characteristics | |||
Disease | Cancer | 44 | 86 |
Metastatic Cancer | Yes | 39 | 88 |
Time between diagnosis of disease and death | Mean (months) | 28.8 | |
Psychological characteristics | |||
Psychiatric disease | Yes | 5 | 10 |
Dementia | Yes | 1 | 2 |