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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with different disease category 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

Heart failure

Other brain disease

Dementia

Chronic obstructive lung disease

Other disease of lung

Acute kidney injury

Chronic kidney disease

Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis

Motor neuron disease

p

Gender, n (%)

                  

<.0001

 Men

28

(56)

91

(57.2)

12

(42.9)

32

(94.1)

47

(64.4)

13

(52)

51

(51)

48

(75)

1

(33.3)

 

 Women

22

(44)

68

(42.8)

16

(57.1)

2

(5.9)

26

(35.6)

12

(48)

49

(49)

16

(25)

2

(66.7)

 

Age, mean (sd)

72.08

(17.27)

62.79

(21.65)

85.71

(9.32)

74.91

(15.99)

78.05

(11.52)

71.08

(22.61)

78.40

(13.09)

60.31

(19.15)

64.00

(1)

<.0001

Length of days of PCCS, mean (sd)

17.54

(20.95)

21.23

(23.61)

16.18

(10.2)

17.44

(18.42)

24.88

(87.71)

11.84

(11.82)

14.39

(15.93)

15.25

(13.47)

16.67

(16.77)

0.43

DNR declaration, n (%)

                  

0.2331

 Not signed

2

(4)

2

(1.3)

1

(3.6)

0

(0)

1

(1.4)

1

(4)

1

(1)

3

(4.7)

0

(0)

 

 Signed

  Before PCCS

44

(88)

130

(81.8)

23

(82.1)

29

(85.3)

65

(89.0)

16

(64)

87

(87)

47

(73.4)

3

(100)

 

  After PCCS

4

(8)

27

(16.9)

4

(14.3)

5

(14.7)

7

(9.6)

8

(32)

12

(12)

14

(21.9)

0

(0)

 

Patient outcomes

                  

<.0001

 Discharge

5

(10)

18

(11.3)

4

(14.3)

5

(14.7)

6

(8.2)

0

(0)

7

(7)

9

(14)

0

(0)

 

 Impending Death Discharge

9

(18)

32

(20.1)

1

(3.6)

6

(17.6)

20

(27.4)

9

(36)

15

(15)

22

(34.3)

0

(0)

 

 Refer to Palliative Home Care Service

7

(14)

4

(2.5)

12

(42.9)

7

(20.6)

5

(6.8)

0

(0)

5

(5)

3

(4.7)

1

(33.3)

 

 Refer to Palliative Care Unit

6

(12)

15

(9.4)

4

(14.3)

0

(0)

3

(4.1)

2

(8)

22

(22)

8

(12.5)

0

(0)

 

 Refer to Home Care Service

0

(0)

1

(0.6)

0

(0)

1

(2.9)

0

(0)

0

(0)

2

(2)

0

(0)

0

(0)

 

 Improved Condition

0

(0)

4

(2.5)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(4)

3

(3)

0

(0)

0

(0)

 

 Death

18

(36)

64

(40.3)

4

(14.3)

11

(32.4)

35

(47.9)

11

(44)

40

(40)

19

(14)

2

(66.7)

 

 Others

5

(10)

21

(13.2)

3

(10.7)

4

(11.8)

4

(5.5)

2

(8)

6

(6)

3

(4.7)

0

(0)

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