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Table 1 Demographics and PaPaS scales of the patients

From: Paediatric palliative screening scale as a useful tool for clinicians’ assessment of palliative care needs of pediatric patients: a retrospective cohort study

 

N = 109

Age at consultation

 Median age in years (IQR)

8 (12)

 Age range in years

0 to 23

 Patients ≥1 year old (%)

92 (84.4)

Sex (n, %)

 Female

41 (37.6)

 Male

68 (62.4)

Type of diagnosis (n, %)

 Cancer

59 (54.1)

 Non-cancer

50 (45.9)

Performance scale (mean, SD)

 Lansky

39.9 (22.6)

PaPaS (mean, SD)

 Patients < 1 year old

14.2 (4.0)

 Patients ≥1 year old

22.0 (5.3)

  1. Abbreviations: PaPaS Scale, Paediatric Palliative Screening Scale, IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation