Table 1.
Patient demographics
| Non-English speaking background (NESB) patients |
English-speaking background (ESB) | p Value NESB/ESB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greek | Italian | p Value—Greek/Italian | Total | |||
| Patient cohort size (n) | 25 | 24 | 49 | 63 | ||
| Age at referral (median, IQR) | 79 (8) | 85 (11) | 0.21 | 82 (11) | 81 (13) | 0.89 |
| Sex: male n (%) | 11 (44) | 8 (33) | 0.56 | 19 (39) | 25 (40) | 1.00 |
| Identify with a religion | 25 (100) | 24 (100) | 1.00 | 49 (100) | 47 (75%) | 0.0001 |
| Main diagnostic group n (%) | ||||||
| Cardiopulmonary | 6 (24) | 13 (54) | 0.04 | 19 (39) | 22 (35) | 0.70 |
| Oncological | 6 (24) | 6 (25) | 1.00 | 12 (24) | 11 (17) | 0.48 |
| Neurological | 2 (8) | 2 (8) | 1.00 | 4 (8) | 8 (13) | 0.56 |
| Other disease | 11 (44) | 3 (13) | 0.03 | 14 (29) | 22 (35) | 0.54 |
| Resuscitation plan completed prior to ACP n (%) | 12 (48) | 14 (58) | 0.571 | 26 (53) | 31 (49) | 0.71 |
ACP, advance care planning.