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Table 2 History of disease and clinical characteristic of respondents (n = 124)

From: Identifying palliative care needs of patients with non-communicable diseases in Indonesia using the SPICT tool: a descriptive cross-sectional study

Characteristic

n (%)

Type of diseases

 Advanced Cancer

81 (71.8%)

 Cardiovascular disease

9 (7.3%)

 Respiratory disease

9 (7,3%)

 Liver disease

12 (9.7%)

 Others (renal, neurologic, diabetes)

5 (4%)

Duration of hospitalization

 < 3 days

11 (8.9%)

 3- 5 days

81 (65.3%)

 6 - 7 days

9 (7.3%)

 8 - 14 days

15 (12.1%)

 15 - 30 days

5 (4.0%)

 > 31 days

3 (2.4%)

Length of illness since diagnosed

 < 6 months

17 (13.7%)

 6-12 months

48 (38.7%)

 > 12 months

59 (47.6%)

Frequency of hospitalization since diagnosed

 < 2 times

1 (0.8%)

 2-5 times

83 (66.9%)

 > 5 times

40 (32.3%)

  1. (Source: Primary data, 2019)