TABLE 3.
Prevalence of Inconsistent Trajectories according to Patient's Diagnosis and Trajectories in Health Status:
| WILLINGNESS TO UNDERGO HIGH BURDEN THERAPY TO AVOID DEATH |
WILLINGNESS TO RISK PHYSICAL DISABILITY TO AVOID DEATH |
WILLINGNESS TO RISK COGNITIVE DISABILITY TO AVOID DEATH |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inconsistent trajectory | p-value | Inconsistent trajectory | p-value | Inconsistent trajectory | p-value | |
| n (%) |
n (%) |
N (%) |
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| Diagnosis | ||||||
| Cancer (n=39) | 11 (28) | .08 | 18 (46) | .16 | 16 (41) | .02 |
| COPD (n=64) | 32 (50) | 41 (64) | 44 (69) | |||
| HF (n=51) | 24 (47) | 32 (63) | 33 (65) | |||
| ADL status | ||||||
| No change (n=54) | 22 (41) | .13 | 31 (57) | .02 | 27 (50) | .07 |
| Improved (n=6) | 4 (67) | 5 (83) | 5 (83) | |||
| Declined (n=41) | 13 (32) | 17 (42) | 23 (56) | |||
| Variable (n=53) | 28 (53) | 38 (72) | 38 (72) | |||
| Self-rated health | ||||||
| No change (n=15) | 3 (20) | .008 | 5 (33) | .007 | 8 (53) | .28 |
| Improved (n=29) | 9 (31) | 16 (55) | 18 (62) | |||
| Declined (n=30) | 10 (33) | 13 (43) | 14 (47) | |||
| Variable (n=80) | 45 (56) | 57 (71) | 53 (66) | |||
| Quality of life* | ||||||
| No change (n=25) | 9 (36) | .24 | 13 (52) | .49 | 12 (48) | .12 |
| Improved (n=19) | 5 (26) | 9 (47) | 8 (42) | |||
| Declined (n=18) | 9 (44) | 11 (61) | 11 (61) | |||
| Variable (n=91) | 45 (49) | 58 (64) | 61 (67) | |||
ADL = Activities of Daily Living; COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HF = Heart failure
*
n= 153 because of one missing observation.