Frequency of discussing and documenting advance care planning in primary care: secondary analysis of a multicenter cross-sectional observational study

Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients (n = 382)

	n	%
Age (mean ± standard deviation)	77.4 ± 7.9
Sex
Male	141	36.9
Female	241	63.1
Living situation
Living with family	298	78.0
Living alone	59	15.4
Care facility	8	2.1
Main underlying disease
Hypertension	122	31.9
Dementia/frailty	58	15.2
Cardiovascular disease (excluding hypertension)	38	9.9
Diabetes	30	7.9
Hyperlipidemia	19	5.0
Neurological disease	18	4.7
Cancer	14	3.7
Respiratory disease	13	3.4
Musculoskeletal disease	8	2.1
Mental disorder	6	1.6
Gastroesophageal reflux disease	6	1.6
Kidney disease	5	1.3
Liver disease	3	0.8
Others	42	11.0
Palliative performance scale
100	202	52.9
90	51	13.4
80	49	12.8
70	20	5.2
60	33	8.6
50	22	5.8
40	5	1.3
Current use of care services
No care service	311	81.4
One or more care services	71	18.6
Types of care services used (Multiple answers)^a
Home visit nursing	11	2.9
Nursing care services	16	4.2
Home visit pharmacist	1	0.3
Day care service	54	14.1
Specialized palliative care service	2	0.5

^aThe type of care service used involved multiple choice questions, and most patients did not use the care services

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