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Table 2 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics

From: The state of transience, and its influence on the wish to die of advanced disease patients: insights from a qualitative phenomenological study

Total patients (N = 14)

N (%)

Age (n, range)

71 (39–88)

Sex: Female

7 (50)

Marital status

 

 Married or with a partner

11 (79)

 Widower

2 (14)

 Single

1 (7)

Patients self-reported spirituality

 

 Yes

11 (79)

 No

3 (21)

Disease

 

 Oncological disease

12 (86)

 Other

2 (14)

Disease duration (number of years, range)

5 (0.4–16)