Patient and carer characteristics
| Characteristics of patients and carers associated with all deaths at trial sites (n=4311, nC=2268, nI=2043) | Characteristics of patients and carers in survey response sample (n=681, nC=333, nI=348) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All deaths | Missing | Control | Missing | Intervention | Missing | |
| Carer gender (%) | ||||||
| Male | 1322 (34) | 440 (12) | 101 (33) | 24 (8) | 90 (29) | 35 (11) |
| Female | 2549 (66) | 208 (67) | 223 (71) | |||
| Patient relationship to carer (%) | ||||||
| Partner | 2248 (56) | 302 (7) | 208 (67) | 22 (7) | 222 (69) | 26 (8) |
| Parent | 1266 (32) | 84 (27) | 89 (28) | |||
| Sibling | 127 (3) | 8 (3) | 6 (2) | |||
| Other | 368 (9) | 11 (4) | 5 (2) | |||
| Mean patient age (SD) | 73.4 (−12.1) | 55 (1) | 71.5 (−10.6) | 24 (8) | 72.2 (−12.2) | 26 (8) |
| Patient gender (%) | ||||||
| Male | 2269 (53) | 48 (1) | 142 (46) | 22 (7) | 147 (46) | 26 (8) |
| Female | 1994 (47) | 169 (54) | 175 (54) | |||
| Patient diagnosis (%) | ||||||
| Cancer | 3701 (88) | 87 (2) | 271 (88) | 26 (8) | 282 (88) | 28 (9) |
| Other | 523 (12) | 38 (12) | 38 (12) | |||
| Carer gender (%)* | ||||||
| Male | 109 (33) | 5 (2) | 97 (28) | 5 (2) | ||
| Female | 219 (67) | 246 (72) | ||||
| Patient relationship to carer (%)* | ||||||
| Partner | 222 (67) | 1 (0) | 231 (67) | 1 (0) | ||
| Parent | 91 (27) | 100 (29) | ||||
| Sibling | 5 (2) | 6 (2) | ||||
| Other | 14 (4) | 10 (3) | ||||
(Note: these summaries are unadjusted for sample sizes at each site and time).
*Data from survey responses, all other data from service records.