| Variable |
Preferred Place of Care or Death Recorded n (%)
N = 297 (64.0%) |
Preferred Place of Care or Death NON
Recorded n (%) n = 167 (36.0%) |
p Value |
| Male sex | 142 (47.81%) | 76 (45.51%) | 0.633 |
| Female sex | 155 (52.19%) | 91 (54.49%) | |
| Age (mean, SD) | 79.93 (13.67) | 82.44 (11.53) | 0.036 * |
| Non-oncological disease | 103 (34.68%) | 76 (45.51%) | 0.021 |
| Oncological disease | 194 (65.32%) | 91 (54.49%) | |
| Area of residence | 0.821 | ||
| 1 | 83 (64.8%) | 45 (35.2%) | |
| 2 | 68 (66.0%) | 35 (34.0%) | |
| 3 | 64 (65.3%) | 34 (34.7%) | |
| 4 | 82 (60.7%) | 53 (39.3%) | |
| Primary caregiver | 0.001 | ||
| Yes | 99 (88.4%) | 13 (11.6%) | |
| No | 198 (56.3%) | 154 (43.7%) | |
| HPC follow-up duration (per week of follow-up) (mean, SD) | 5.37 (7.70) | 11.64 (17.38) | 0.001 |
| * Difference in means 2.52 (IC 95%: 0.17–4.86). | |||