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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of GCHHS Palliative Care patients as a function of modality of care

From: Telehealth-facilitated palliative care enables more people to die at home: An analysis of clinical outcomes and service activity data

 

No video (n = 683)

Had ≥ 1 video

(n = 524)

Total

(N = 1207)

 

Gender

   

 Male

382 (56.0%)

270 (51.5%)

652 (54.0%)

Age

   

 Median (Q1-Q3)

71.0 (61.0–80.0)

75.1 (64.0–83.0)

72.6 (62.5–81.0)

Diagnosis

   

 Missing

1

0

1

 Cancer

   

  Lung

128 (18.8%)

102 (19.5%)

230 (19.1%)

  Colorectal/ gastrointestinal

196 (28.8%)

112 (21.4%)

308 (25.5%)

  Breast

45 (6.6%)

24 (4.6%)

69 (5.7%)

  Head & neck

36 (5.3%)

27 (5.2%)

63 (5.2%)

  Haematological

28 (4.1%)

34 (6.5%)

62 (5.1%)

  Other cancer (e.g., bone, CNS, urology)

186 (27.3%)

142 (27%)

328 (27.1%)

 Cardiovascular

   

  Cardiovascular disease

5 (0.7%)

11 (2.1%)

16 (1.3%)

 Stroke & neurological conditions

 

  e.g., stroke, dementia, motor neuron disease

19 (2.7%)

22 (4.3%)

41 (3.3%)

 Organ failure

   

  e.g., respiratory, liver, renal, sepsis

29 (4.2%)

48 (9.1%)

77 (6.4%)

 Other non-malignancy

   

  Other non-malignancy

10 (1.5%)

2 (0.4%)

12 (1.0%)