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.