Table 1 Patient demographics and hospital stay characteristics
From: Enhancing end of life care on general internal medical wards: the 3 Wishes Project
Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
Patient demographics | |
 Age in years, mean (SD) | 78.6 (11.7) |
 Female sex, n (%) | 33 (53.2) |
Race/ethnicity, n (%) | |
 White | 55 (88.7) |
 Asian | 4 (6.5) |
 Indigenous | 3 (4.8) |
Spiritual belief, n (%) | |
 Christiana | 37 (59.8) |
 Spiritual | 4 (6.5) |
 Buddhist | 1 (1.6) |
 Jewish | 1 (1.6) |
 Sikh | 1 (1.6) |
 No religion | 12 (19.4) |
 Unknown | 6 (9.7) |
Hospital stay characteristics | |
 Code status documented on hospital admission, n (%) | |
  Full code (plans for advanced life support if necessary) | 26 (41.9) |
  No code (plan not to intubate or perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation) | 36 (58.1) |
 Location at enrolment, n (%) | |
  GIM ward | 55 (88.7) |
  Medical step-down ward | 6 (9.7) |
  Emergency room | 1 (1.6) |
  Relevant consultations, n (%) | |
  Spiritual care | 42 (67.7) |
  Social work | 41 (66.1) |
  Palliative care | 40 (64.5) |
 Length of stay, median days [1st, 3rd quartiles] | |
  Hospital admission to enrolment in 3WPb | 10 [4, 16] |
  Enrolment in 3WP to deathc | 3 [1, 8] |
  Hospital admission to deathc | 16 [7, 26] |
  Died in hospital, n (%) | 59 (95.2) |
  Family or friend(s) present at time of death in hospital, yes, n (%) | 41 (69.5) |
  Inside patient’s room | 39 (95.1) |
  Outside patient’s room | 1 (2.4) |
  Via virtual technology | 1 (2.4) |