Table 3 Cohort characteristics by pain severity in the last 30 days of life
From: Severe pain at the end of life: a population-level observational study
No severe daily pain | (%) | Severe daily pain | (%) | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | N | N | |||
ADLSa | |||||
Independent | 3180 | 83.2% | 641 | 16.8% | 3821 |
Supervision required | 1475 | 82.4% | 316 | 17.6% | 1791 |
Limited impairment | 3113 | 83.1% | 633 | 16.9% | 3746 |
Extensive assistance required (I) | 1900 | 83.2% | 383 | 16.8% | 2283 |
Extensive assistance required (II) | 3017 | 83.4% | 602 | 16.6% | 3619 |
Dependent | 2760 | 80.5% | 667 | 19.5% | 3427 |
Total dependence | 1399 | 84.2% | 263 | 15.8% | 1662 |
IADLsb | |||||
No difficulty in any of three IADLs | 97 | 93.3% | 7 | 6.7% | 104 |
Some difficulty in one IADL but no difficulty in the other two | 158 | 88.3% | 21 | 11.7% | 179 |
Some difficulty in two IADLs but no difficulty in the other one | 474 | 85.3% | 82 | 14.7% | 556 |
Some difficulty in all three IADLs | 94 | 89.5% | 11 | 10.5% | 105 |
Great difficulty in one IADL but less than great difficulty in the other two | 1240 | 82.0% | 273 | 18.0% | 1513 |
Great difficulty in two IADLs but less than great difficulty in the other one | 7373 | 79.9% | 1856 | 20.1% | 9229 |
Great difficulty in all three IADLs | 7408 | 85.5% | 1255 | 14.5% | 8663 |
Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) | |||||
Intact | 3230 | 79.7% | 824 | 20.3% | 4054 |
Borderline intact | 2260 | 79.2% | 595 | 20.8% | 2855 |
Mild impairment | 5853 | 82.1% | 1275 | 17.9% | 7128 |
Moderate impairment | 2395 | 86.3% | 381 | 13.7% | 2776 |
Moderate/severe impairment | 722 | 88.4% | 95 | 11.6% | 817 |
Severe impairment | 1352 | 88.1% | 183 | 11.9% | 1535 |
Very severe impairment | 1032 | 87.2% | 152 | 12.8% | 1184 |
Caregiver Stress | |||||
Yes | 7383 | 81.7% | 1652 | 18.3% | 9035 |
No | 9461 | 83.6% | 1853 | 16.4% | 11,314 |
Where Lived at Time of Referral | |||||
Missing | 8659 | 83.2% | 1747 | 16.8% | 10,406 |
Private home/apt. With no home care services | 5184 | 81.8% | 1156 | 18.2% | 6340 |
Private home/apt. With home care services | 1803 | 82.5% | 383 | 17.5% | 2186 |
Board and care/assisted living/group home | 768 | 84.1% | 145 | 15.9% | 913 |
Residential care facility | 241 | 85.5% | 41 | 14.5% | 282 |
Other | 189 | 85.1% | 33 | 14.9% | 222 |
Who Lived with at Time of Referral | |||||
Missing | 8659 | 83.2% | 1747 | 16.8% | 10,406 |
Lived alone | 2300 | 82.9% | 476 | 17.1% | 2776 |
Lived with spouse only | 2798 | 81.6% | 633 | 18.4% | 3431 |
Lived with spouse and other(s) | 666 | 81.0% | 156 | 19.0% | 822 |
Lived with child (not spouse) | 1105 | 81.3% | 254.0 | 18.7% | 1359 |
Lived with other(s) (not spouse or children) | 572 | 84.5% | 105 | 15.5% | 677 |
Lived in group setting with non-relative(s) | 744 | 84.7% | 134 | 15.3% | 878 |
Disease Trajectoryc | |||||
Frailty | 3317 | 87.3% | 481 | 12.7% | 3798 |
Organ Failure | 7596 | 85.0% | 1344 | 15.0% | 8940 |
Sudden Death | 671 | 83.4% | 134 | 16.6% | 805 |
Undetermined | 323 | 83.0% | 66 | 17.0% | 389 |
Other | 531 | 79.5% | 137 | 20.5% | 668 |
Terminal Illness | 4406 | 76.6% | 1343 | 23.4% | 5749 |