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. 2019 Jan 15;9(1):e025255. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025255

Table 2.

Sample characteristics* (n=2285)

Characteristic
Age
 Years Median=83.0; IQR=15
Sex
 Male 885 (38.7)
 Female 1400 (61.3)
Healthcare setting
 General practice 503 (22.0)
 Hospital 574 (25.1)
 Residential aged care facility 1208 (52.9)
Jurisdiction
 Australian Capital Territory 31 (1.4)
 New South Wales 655 (28.6)
 Queensland 351 (15.4)
 South Australia 239 (10.4)
 Tasmania 50 (2.2)
 Victoria 959 (42.0)
Country of birth
 Australia 1343 (58.7)
 Other 536 (23.5)
 Missing 406 (17.8)
Indigenous status
 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 27 (1.2)
 Non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 2090 (91.4)
 Missing 168 (7.4)
Speaks English
 Yes 1804 (78.8)
 Interpreter required 73 (1.3)
 Missing 408 (17.9)
Medical condition†
 Circulatory system (yes) 1452 (63.5)
 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue (yes) 1293 (56.5)
 Dementia (yes) 719 (31.5)
 Urinary/excretory, reproductive (yes) 719 (31.5)
 Endocrine, nutritional, metabolic disorders (yes) 673 (29.5)
 Neurological system (yes) 638 (27.9)
 Gastrointestinal system (yes) 627 (27.4)
 Respiratory system (yes) 626 (27.4)
 Mental Illness (yes) 534 (23.4)
 Cancer (yes) 458 (20.0)
 Other (yes) 369 (16.1)
Morbidity
 Unimorbid 263 (11.5)
 Comorbid 441 (19.3)
 Multimorbid 1581 (69.2)
ECOG status‡
 0 82 (3.6)
 1 144 (6.3)
 2 327 (14.3)
 3 761 (33.3)
 4 292 (12.8)
 Missing 679 (29.7)

Cannot carry on any self-care; confined to bed or chair more than 50% of waking hours; confined to bed or chair.21

*Reported as median and IQR for continuous variables and as frequency (percentage) for categorical variables.

†Participant may have more than one medical condition.

‡ECOG performance status grades: 0=fully active, able to carry on all predisease performance without restriction; up and about more than 50% of waking hours; 1=restricted in physically strenuous activity, but ambulatory and able to carry out work of a light or sedentary nature; 2=ambulatory and capable of all self-care but unable to carry out work activities; 3=capable of only limited self-care; 4=completely disabled.

ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.