Table 1.

Demographics and characteristics by shared decision-making status.

	SDM admission	Non-SDM admission	P
Number	184	141
Age	69.2 ± 11.4	64.9 ± 12.8	0.002
Female sex	85 (46.2)	65 (46.1)	1.0
APACHE 3 score	68.6 ± 30.1	65.1 ± 29.2	0.3
Prehospital accommodation
Home	145 (78.8)	122 (86.5)	0.07
Residential aged care	10 (5.4)	8 (5.7)	0.9
Other	29 (15.8)	11 (7.8)	0.03
LLI category
Cancer	37 (20.1)	42 (29.8)	0.04
Frailty	75 (40.8)	43 (30.5)	0.06
Organ failure	72 (39.1)	56 (39.7)	0.9
Admission diagnosis
Pneumonia	20 (10.9)	8 (5.7)	0.1
Cancer	11 (6.0)	21 (14.9)	0.008
Chronic heart failure	4 (2.2)	2 (1.4)	0.7
Chronic obstructive lung disease	38 (20.7)	11 (7.8)	0.001
Renal failure	4 (2.2)	5 (3.5)	0.5
Neurological	0	0	1
Infection	16 (8.7)	7 (5.0)	0.2
Frailty/fall	3 (1.6)	4 (2.8)	0.5
Acute myocardial infarction	7 (3.8)	2 (1.4)	0.2
Gastrointestinal bleeding	3 (1.6)	4 (2.8)	0.5
Elective surgery	19 (10.3)	28 (19.9)	0.02
Other	57 (31.0)	46 (32.6)	0.8
ICU admission source
Emergency department	81 (44.0)	48 (34.0)	0.07
MET call	39 (21.2)	20 (14.2)	0.1
Ward	28 (15.2)	32 (22.7)	0.09
Elective surgery	9 (4.9)	29 (20.6)	<0.0001
Other hospital	26 (14.1)	10 (7.1)	<0.05
Other	1 (0.5)	2 (1.4)	0.6
ICU treatment
Mechanical ventilation received	55 (29.9)	43 (30.5)	0.9
Mechanical ventilation duration (days)	0 [0–12.8]	0 [0–7.18]	0.9
Renal replacement therapy	15 (8.2)	16 (11.3)	0.3

Note: Data are reported as number (%), mean (± standard deviation), or median [interquartile range].

Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; LLI, life-limiting illness; SDM, shared decision-making.