More comprehensively measuring quality of life in life-threatening illness: the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire – Expanded

Table 2 Demographics for each sample used in the development of MQOL-E

Variables	Study^a
	E	F^c	G^d
N	219	368	216
Gender (% female)	64	48	51
Age (mean; standard deviation)	58 (15.4)	77 (9.9)	66 (12.5)
Highest level of education (%)^b
Did not complete high school	10	46	32
High school completed but no post-secondary	34	22	20
Some post-secondary	56	30	42
Disease	Cancer	Various end-stage diseases (COPD; CHF; cirrhosis; cancer) or > 80 years old	Cancer
Settings (%)	Outpatient clinics (100)	Acute care units (71) Home care (22) Palliative care units (7)	Palliative care units (71) Palliative home care (27) Other (1) Missing (1)

^aSince these studies were also used in development of MQOL-R, the same naming convention was used [19].
^bFor Study E, participants reported the highest level of education attended. For other datasets, participants reported the highest level of education completed. ^c Timeframe of 1 month rather than 2 days. ^d Longitudinal study. The first questionnaire completed by each participant was selected to provide the largest n (i.e. before dropout)

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