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Table 2 Prevalence and characteristics of Advance Care Planning by GP (subgroup analyses for cancer, organ failure and multimorbidity patients)

From: Advance care planning in primary care: a retrospective medical record study among patients with different illness trajectories

Prevalence of ACP (documentation)

Total

(n = 119)

Cancer

(n = 55)

Organ failure

(n = 28)

Multimorbidity

(n = 36)

P value

Prevalence (≥ 1 ACP item), n (%)

77 (65)

46 (84)

16 (57)

15 (42)

0.000*

Characteristics of ACP

Total

(n = 77)

Cancer

(n = 46)

Organ failure

(n = 16)

Multimorbidity

(n = 15)

P value

Extent

 Number of ACP items, median (25th -75th percentile, range)

4 (2–7, 1–11)

5 (2–7, 1–11)

3,5 (2–6, 1–8)

2 (1–5, 1–7)

0.047**

 Subclassification:

    

0.222***

  Low (1 or 2 items)

29 (38)

15 (33)

6 (38)

8 (53)

 

  Medium (3, 4 or 5 items)

26 (34)

14 (30)

6 (38)

6 (40)

 

  High (≥ 6 ACP items)

22 (29)

17 (37)

4 (25)

1 (7)

 

Frequency

 Number of ACP conversations, median (25th–75th percentile, range)

3 (1–4, 1–14)

3 (2–5, 1–14)

2 (1–3, 1–7)

2 (1–3, 1–4)

0.012**

Timing

 Time between first ACP conversation and death in days, median (25th–75th percentile, range)

126 (30–316, 1–714)

106 (22–307, 3–680)

227 (39–395, 1–714)

113 (52–320, 10–529)

0.417**

  1. * Chi Square test, ** Kruskal Wallis test, *** Fisher’s Exact test