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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Characteristics and clinical challenges in patients with substance use disorder in palliative care—experience from a tertiary center in a high-income country

Descriptive

Variants

N(18)

Percentage (%)

Civil status

single

10

56%

married

3

17%

divorced

2

11%

widowed

0

0%

unknown

3

17%

Children

yes

2

11%

no

15

83%

unknown

1

6%

Living Conditions

alone

7

39%

with relatives

3

17%

institution

2

11%

PC institution

2

11%

assisted living

4

22%

Job

unemployed

2

11%

IV-recipient

7

39%

office worker

3

17%

electrician

1

6%

construction worker

1

6%

pensioner

2

11%

unknown

2

11%

Place of admission

home

3

17%

ED (emergency dep.)

6

33%

institution

1

6%

other inhouse ward

8

44%

Place of death

at home

1

6%

in hospital

11

61%

other institution

3

17%

still alive

3

17%