Table 1.
Totaln = 529 % | Referraln = 68 % | No Referraln = 461 % | P-value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Male |
53 |
47 |
54 |
0.283 |
Age (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mean (SD) |
73 (SD 14) |
75 (SD 13) |
73 (SD14) |
0.297** |
|
≥ 75 |
50 |
52 |
50 |
0.795 |
Residence |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Home |
84 |
96 |
82 |
0.006 |
|
Home for the elderly |
16 |
4 |
18 |
|
Disease |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cancer |
76 |
94 |
73 |
<0.001 |
|
Heart failure |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0.743* |
|
COPD |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0.234* |
|
Other diseases |
18 |
1 |
20 |
<0.001 |
Terminal status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Terminally ill |
73 |
54 |
75 |
<0.001 |
Family |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Family available |
59 |
62 |
58 |
0.594 |
|
Family burden |
7 |
9 |
7 |
0.455* |
Receiving professional nursing care |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receiving professional nursing care |
41 |
12 |
46 |
<0.001 |
Patients wish |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patients’ wish to stay at home |
10 |
12 |
9 |
0.520 |
Medical aspects |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information transfer by patients’ GP |
24 |
9 |
27 |
0.002 |
|
Patient was receiving chemotherapy |
4 |
12 |
2 |
0.001* |
|
Hospitalization was already planned within three days |
2 |
10 |
1 |
<0.001* |
Patient or family had already contacted a hospital specialist | 2 | 9 | 1 | <0.001* |
*Fisher Exact Test (2-sided).
** T-test.