Table 1 Participant characteristics
Setting | Â | Palliative care unit | SPHC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Participants | Â | Patients | Relatives | HP* | Patients | Relatives | HP* |
Number, n | Â | 11 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 30 |
Gender; n (%) | Female | 5 (45.5) | 6 (75) | 7 (70) | 8 (57.1) | 9 (64.3) | 22 (73.3) |
| Â | Male | 6 (54.5) | 2 (25) | 3 (30) | 6 (42.9) | 5 (35.7) | 8 (26.7) |
Age; years; median (range) |  | 70 (54–85) | 59 (45–71) | 46 (33–61) | 64 (38–83) | 63 (23–78) | 54 (26–67) |
Nationality; n (%) | German | 11 (100) | 6 (75) | 9 (90) | 13 (92.9) | 13 (92.9) | 30 (100) |
| Â | Belgian | 0 | 0 | 1 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Â | Romanian | 0 | 1 (12.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Â | Turkish | 0 | 1 (12.5) | 0 | 1 (7.1) | 1 (7.1) | 0 |