Table 2.
Characteristics of the procedures of assessment
| |
Hospital N = 145 |
Hospice N = 127 |
P-value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n. | % | n. | % | ||
|
Proxy interview |
|
|
|
|
|
| Performed interviews |
111 |
76.6 |
95 |
74.8 |
|
| Not found |
8 |
5.5 |
4 |
3.1 |
|
| Not present |
1 |
0.7 |
- |
- |
|
| Refused |
23 |
15.9 |
26 |
20.5 |
|
| Other |
2 |
1.4 |
2 |
1.6 |
.630 |
| Death – interview interval |
|
|
|
|
|
| < 2 months |
64 |
55.2 |
61 |
64.2 |
|
| 2 – 4 months |
38 |
32.8 |
32 |
33.7 |
|
| > 4 months |
14 |
12.1 |
2 |
2.1 |
.023 |
| Length of interview (minutes); median (range) |
40 (10–120) |
35 (15–90) |
.105 |
||
| Mode of interview |
|
|
|
|
|
| Face to face |
80 |
72.1 |
76 |
80.0 |
|
| By telephone |
31 |
27.9 |
19 |
20.0 |
.186 |
| Not performed |
34 |
|
32 |
|
|
| Interview setting (for face to face interviews) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Home |
45 |
56.3 |
32 |
42.1 |
|
| Health service |
17 |
21.2 |
17 |
22.4 |
|
| Caregiver work place |
13 |
16.3 |
10 |
13.2 |
|
| Other |
5 |
6.2 |
17 |
22.4 |
.029 |
|
GP Interviews |
|
|
|
|
|
| Performed interviews |
129 |
89.0 |
108 |
85.0 |
|
| Not found |
14 |
9.7 |
14 |
11.0 |
|
| Not present |
- |
- |
1 |
0.8 |
|
| Refused |
2 |
1.4 |
1 |
0.8 |
|
| Other |
- |
- |
3 |
2.4 |
.285 |
| Death – interview interval (days); median (range) |
86 (27–365) |
103 (29–168) |
.008 |
||
| GP aware of terminal status |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
89 |
69.5 |
98 |
90.7 |
|
| No |
39 |
30.5 |
10 |
9.3 |
<.001 |
| Unknown |
17 |
|
19 |
|
|
|
Care procedures |
|
|
|
|
|
| Charts reviewed | 143 | 98.6 | 127 | 100 | .184 |
Notes: Unless otherwise specified n. (%).