Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients (n = 255)
Overall (n = 255) | DNR documentation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Completed (n = 206) | Not completed (n = 49) | p | ||
Age | 68.49 ± 14.67 | 68.55 ± 14.80 | 68.24 ± 14.27 | 0.895 |
Gender | 0.131 | |||
Male | 134 (52.55%) | 113 (84.30%) | 21 (15.70%) | |
Female | 121 (47.45%) | 93 (76.86%) | 28 (23.14%) | |
Education | 0.030 | |||
Elementary school or below | 86 (33.73%) | 65 (31.55%) | 21 (42.86%) | |
Junior high school | 30 (11.76%) | 20 (9.71%) | 10 (20.41%) | |
Senior high school | 65 (25.49%) | 56 (27.18%) | 9 (18.37%) | |
University or above | 74 (28.63%) | 65 (31.55%) | 9 (18.37%) | |
Marital status | 0.675 | |||
Married | 185 (72.55%) | 148 (71.84%) | 37 (75.51%) | |
Widowed | 37 (14.51%) | 29 (14.08%) | 8 (16.33%) | |
Single | 21 (8.24%) | 19 (9.22%) | 2 (4.08%) | |
Divorced/separated | 12 (4.71%) | 10 (4.85%) | 2 (4.08%) | |
Primary site of cancer | 0.459 | |||
Urogenital | 88 (34.51%) | 66 (32.04%) | 22 (44.90%) | |
Gastrointestinal | 47 (18.43%) | 38 (18.45%) | 9 (18.37%) | |
Respiratory | 30 (11.76%) | 23 (11.17%) | 7 (14.29%) | |
Head and neck | 29 (11.37%) | 25 (12.14%) | 4 (8.16%) | |
Skin | 8 (3.14%) | 6 (2.91%) | 2 (4.08%) | |
Breast | 6 (2.35%) | 5 (2.43%) | 1 (2.04%) | |
Other or unknown | 47 (18.43%) | 42 (20.39%) | 5 (10.20%) | |
Metastasis | 0.156 | |||
Without | 57 (22.35%) | 41 (19.90%) | 16 (32.65%) | |
With | 149 (58.43%) | 124 (60.19%) | 25 (51.02%) | |
Unknown or multiple sites | 49 (19.22%) | 41 (19.90%) | 8 (16.33%) | |
ECOG | < 0.001 | |||
0 and 1 | 95 (37.25%) | 66 (32.04%) | 29 (59.18%) | |
2 | 91 (35.69%) | 75 (36.41%) | 16 (32.65%) | |
3 | 69 (27.06%) | 65 (31.55%) | 4 (8.16%) | |
Religion | 0.153 | |||
Taoism/traditional religions | 83 (32.55%) | 65 (31.55%) | 18 (36.73%) | |
Buddhism | 80 (31.37%) | 66 (32.04%) | 14 (28.57%) | |
Christianity | 23 (9.02%) | 20 (9.71%) | 3 (6.12%) | |
Not specified | 62 (24.31%) | 51 (24.76%) | 11 (22.45%) | |
Other | 7 (2.75%) | 4 (1.94%) | 3 (6.12%) | |