Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with a specialized palliative care contact PC] or not (non-PC]
PC (n = 65) | Non-PC (n = 392) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | p-value for difference | |
Sex | 0.4 | ||||
Female | 29 | 44.6 | 153 | 39.0 | |
Male | 36 | 55.4 | 239 | 61.0 | |
Age, median [range] | 67 | [39–87] | 68 | [20–94] | 0.9 |
Cancer type | 0.02 | ||||
Breast cancer | 7 | 10.8 | 54 | 13.8 | |
Lung cancer | 14 | 21.5 | 106 | 27.0 | |
Colorectal cancer | 13 | 20.0 | 38 | 9.7 | |
Pancreatic cancer | 11 | 16.9 | 34 | 8.7 | |
Other cancer | 20 | 30.8 | 160 | 40.8 | |
Time from diagnosis to death | < 0.001 | ||||
< 30 days | 0 | 0 | 72 | 18.4 | |
30 days–1 year | 27 | 41.5 | 164 | 41.8 | |
> 1 year | 38 | 58.5 | 156 | 39.8 | |
DNAR decision made | 53 | 81.5 | 324 | 82.7 | 0.8 |
Palliative care decision made before death | 63 | 96.9 | 183 | 46.7 | < 0.0001 |
End-of-life care decision made before death | 53 | 81.5 | 253 | 64.5 | 0.007 |