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Table 1 Characteristics of terminally Ill non-cancer patients receiving PCCS from 2011 to 2019

From: Trend analysis of palliative care consultation service for terminally ill non-cancer patients in Taiwan: a 9-year observational study

Characteristics

total

n = 536

2011

n = 2

2012

n = 3

2013

n = 7

2014

n = 15

2015

n = 81

2016

n = 81

2017

n = 130

2018

n = 120

2019

n = 97

p

Gender, n (%)

                    

0.1891

 Men

323

(60.26)

2

(100)

1

(33.33)

6

(85.71)

7

(46.67)

51

(62.96)

53

(65.43)

85

(65.38)

67

(55.83)

51

(52.58)

 

 Women

213

(39.74)

0

(0)

2

(66.67)

1

(14.29)

8

(53.33)

30

(37.04)

28

(34.57)

45

(34.62)

53

(44.17)

46

(47.42)

 

Age, mean (sd)

70.71

(19.1)

53.50

(6.36)

69.00

(13.89)

69.86

(16.85)

73.13

(17.81)

68.42

(17.5)

66.65

(23.55)

68.61

(20.3)

72.63

(18.27)

76.56

(14.48)

0.0153

Length of days of PCCS (sd)

18.42

(36.83)

14.00

(8.49)

20.00

(20.3)

5.57

(3.05)

19.87

(15.46)

19.75

(19.17)

16.83

(17.47)

24.95

(68.5)

15.92

(16.77)

13.75

(14.07)

0.3986

DNR declaration, n (%)

                    

0.0181

 Not signed

11

(2.05)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

4

(4.94)

3.00

(3.7)

1.00

(0.77)

3.00

(2.5)

0.00

(0)

 

 Signed before PCCS

444

(82.84)

2

(100)

2

(66.67)

7

(100)

9

(60)

57

(70.37)

68.00

(83.95)

108.00

(83.08)

101.00

(84.17)

90.00

(92.78)

 

 Signed after PCCS

81

(15.11)

0

(0)

1

(33.33)

0

(0)

6

(40)

20

(24.69)

10.00

(12.35)

21.00

(16.15)

16.00

(13.33)

7.00

(7.22)

 

Disease category, n (%)

                    

0.0133

 Heart failure

50

(9.33)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(14.29)

2

(13.33)

6

(7.41)

10

(12.35)

11

(8.46)

12

(10)

8

(8.25)

 

 Other brain disease

159

(29.66)

0

(0)

0

(0)

3

(42.86)

3

(20)

29

(35.8)

23

(28.4)

43

(33.08)

31

(25.83)

27

(27.84)

 

 Dementia

28

(5.22)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

3

(3.7)

3

(3.7)

2

(1.54)

10

(8.33)

10

(10.31)

 

 Chronic obstructive lung disease

34

(6.34)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

2

(13.33)

4

(4.94)

4

(4.94)

9

(6.92)

9

(7.5)

6

(6.19)

 

 Other disease of lung

73

(13.62)

0

(0)

1

(33.33)

2

(28.57)

1

(6.67)

12

(14.81)

11

(13.58)

24

(18.46)

14

(11.67)

8

(8.25)

 

 Acute kidney injury

25

(4.66)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(14.29)

0

(0)

7

(8.64)

7

(8.64)

5

(3.85)

3

(2.5)

2

(2.06)

 

 Chronic kidney disease

100

(18.66)

0

(0)

1

(33.33)

0

(0)

4

(26.67)

9

(11.11)

6

(7.41)

22

(16.92)

27

(22.5)

31

(31.96)

 

 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis

64

(11.94)

2

(100)

1

(33.33)

0

(0)

3

(20)

11

(13.58)

17

(20.99)

13

(10)

12

(10)

5

(5.15)

 

 Motor neuron disease

3

(0.56)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.77)

2

(1.67)

0

(0)

 
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