Table 2.
Characteristics of the patients who were registered as terminal and those who were not
| Variables | Total N = 202 |
Registered terminal situation | Registered terminal situation | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes N = 104 |
No N = 98 |
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| Age | 72.81 years | 72.13 years | 73.56 years | 0.470 | |||
| (SD = 13.85) | (SD = 14.69) | (SD = 12.91) | |||||
| Sex | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | 0.865 |
| 58.5 % (n = 108) |
46.5 % (n = 94) |
52.9 % (n = 55) |
47.1 % (n = 49) |
54.1 % (n = 53) |
45.9 % (n = 45) |
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| Pathology | Oncological | Not oncological | Oncological | Not oncological | Oncological | Not oncological | 0.003 |
| 40.1 % (n = 81) |
59.9 % (n = 121) |
50 % (n = 52) |
50 % (n = 52) |
29.6 % (n = 29) |
70.4 % (n = 69) |
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| Time elapsed since patient was diagnosed | <1 year | >1 year | <1 year | >1 year | <1 year | >1 year | 0.327 |
| 29.7 % (n = 46) |
70.3 % (n = 109) |
32.9 % (n = 28) |
67.1 % (n = 57) |
25.7 % (n = 18) |
74.3 % (n = 52) |
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| Comorbidity | Low comorbidity | High comorbidity | Low comorbidity | High comorbidity | Low comorbidity | High comorbidity | 0.626 |
| 13.2 % (n = 22) | 86.8 % (n = 145) | 14.5 % (n = 12) | 85.5 % (n = 71) | 11.9 % (n = 10) | 88.1 % (n = 74) | ||
p ≤ 0.05