Table 1.

Description of 226 Participants at Baseline

Age (years ± standard deviation [SD])	72.8 ± 7.2
High school education (%)	31
White (%)	91
Women (%)	43
Married (%)	58
Sufficiency of monthly income (%)	45
Diagnosis (%)
Cancer	35
COPD	36
CHF	29
Has a living will (%)	53
Self-rated health: Poor/fair (%)	64
Self-rated life expectancy (%)
<2 years	15
≥2 years	42
Uncertain	43
Depressed (%)	47
Moderate/severe pain (%)	27
ADL (number ± SD)	0.8 ± 1.4
IADL (number ± SD)	4.8 ± 2.8
≥2 hospitalizations in past year (%)	47
Intensive care unit admission in past year (%)	34

Note: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CHF = congestive heart failure.