Summary of patient characteristics’ and other factors of PPI
| Hospice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | All hospices | p Value for comparing hospices | |
| Number of patients | 86 | 77 | 99 | 262 | |
| Mean age (range) | 70.5 (23–93) | 72.0 (50–98) | 72.5 (28–92) | 71.7 (23–98) | 0.55* |
| Percentage men (numbers) | 49% (42) | 52% (40) | 53% (52) | 51% (134) | 0.87† |
| PPS, n (%) | |||||
| 10%–20% | 19 (22) | 26 (34) | 20 (20) | 65 (25) | |
| 30%–50% | 55 (64) | 38 (49) | 59 (60) | 152 (58) | 0.18† |
| ≥60% | 12 (14) | 13 (17) | 20 (20) | 45 (17) | |
| Oral intake, n (%) | |||||
| Severely reduced | 33 (38) | 31 (40) | 32 (32) | 96 (38) | |
| Moderately reduced | 41 (48) | 30 (39) | 35 (36) | 106 (42) | 0.05† |
| Normal | 12 (14) | 16 (21) | 32 (32) | 60 (24) | |
| Oedema present, n (%) | 43 (50) | 52 (68) | 39 (39) | 134 (53) | 0.001† |
| Dyspnoea present, n (%) | 23 (27) | 29 (38) | 39 (39) | 91 (36) | 0.16† |
| Delirium present, n (%) | 15 (17) | 7 (9) | 5 (5) | 27 (10) | 0.02† |
| Mean PPI score (SD) | 6.1 (3.4) | 6.3 (3.2) | 5.4 (2.9) | 5.9 | 0.14* |
*Calculated from one-way ANOVA.
†Calculated from contingency table χ2 test.
PPI, Palliative Prognostic Index; PPS, palliative performance scale.