Table 1.
Patient socio-demographics (completed 1st interview) for historical group and concurrent group who did (AD) and did not (AN) receive day care
| Demographics | Historical Group (n = 66) | Group AD (n = 28) | Group AN (n = 46) |
| Age in years | |||
| Mean (SD) | 69.2 (12.4) | 74.0 (10.1) | 70.8 (11.9) |
| Median/range | 71.0/34–94 | 77.0/50–94 | 72.0/39–90 |
| Gender | |||
| Women | 40 (61%) | 12 (43%) | 23 (50%) |
| Men | 26 (39%) | 16 (57%) | 23 (50%) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White UK | 66 (100%) | 28 (100%) | 46 (100%) |
| Employment Status | |||
| Working (F/T or P/T) | 6 (9%) | 2 (7%) | 2 (4.5%) |
| Not working (unable) | 14 (22%) | 2 (7%) | 9 (20.5%) |
| Retired | 45 (69%) | 23 (85%) | 33 (75%) |
| Carer | |||
| Spouse | 43 (65%) | 20 (71%) | 30 (70%) |
| Other carer | 12 (18%) | 5 (18%) | 9 (21%) |
| No carer | 11 (17%) | 3 (11%) | 4 (9%) |
| Carer Contact | |||
| Lives with spouse | 43 (65%) | 20 (71%) | 30 (70%) |
| Lives with family | 2 (3%) | 0 | 2 (5%) |
| Lives alone | 21 (32%) | 8 (29%) | 11(25%) |
| Carer employment | |||
| Working (F/T or P/T) | 18 (29%) | 6 (21%) | 8 (19%) |
| Not working (unable) | 5 (8%) | 2 (7%) | 4 (9%) |
| Retired | 29 (46%) | 17 (61%) | 27 (63%) |
| No carer | 11 (17%) | 3 (11%) | 4 (9%) |
| Housing | |||
| Own/private | 28 (42%) | 11 (39%) | 17 (37%) |
| Own/council | 7 (11%) | 7 (25%) | 7 (15%) |
| Own/rented | 28 (42%) | 9 (32%) | 20 (44%) |
| Other (N/home) | 3 (5%) | 1 (4%) | 2 (4%) |
| Primary diagnosis | |||
| Lung cancer | 11 (17%) | 4 (14%) | 11 (26%) |
| Gastrointestinal | 11 (17%) | 8 (29%) | 9 (21%) |
| Breast | 9 (14%) | 4 (14%) | 4 (10%) |
| GU/Prostate | 11 (17%) | 6 (21%) | 8 (19%) |
| Gynae | 7 (11%) | 0 | 3 (7%) |
| Other cancer | 10 (15%) | 4 (14%) | 7 (17%) |
| Non-cancer | 6 (9%) | 2 (7%) | 0 |
| Place of death | (n = 46) | (n = 11) | (n = 22) |
| Home | 8 (17%) | 4 (36%) | 6 (27%) |
| Hospital | 7 (15%) | 1 (9%) | 3 (14%) |
| Hospice | 31 (67%) | 6 (55%) | 13 (59%) |