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Demographic data and baseline characteristics of study population.
| Study population characteristics | Message, n (%) | No message, n (%) | Overall, n (%) | ||
| Number of patients | 49 (50) | 49 (50) | 98 (100) | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 25 (51) | 20 (41) | 45 (46) | ||
| Male | 24 (49) | 29 (59) | 53 (54) | ||
| Age groups (years) | |||||
| Less than 65 | 28 (57) | 20 (41) | 48 (49) | ||
| 65 and above | 21(43) | 29 (59) | 50 (51) | ||
| Line user | |||||
| Patient | 22 (45) | 12 (25) | 34 (35) | ||
| Surrogate | 27 (55) | 37 (75) | 64 (65) | ||
