Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants

Characteristic	All participants (n = 82)1	Participants who contributed qualitative interviews2 (n = 17)
Age (median (Interquartile range (IQR)))	84 (79–89)	82 (81–86)
Gender
Male n (%)	30 (37)	8 (47)
Female n (%)	52 (63)	9 (53)
Number of hospital admissions (median (IQR))
In 6 months prior to study	2 (1–3)	1 (1–3)
During study	1 (0–2)	1 (0–2)
Elixhauser comorbidity score (median (IQR))	3 (2–5)	4 (3–5)
Presence of cognitive impairment3 n (%)	19 (23)	4 (22)
CFS4 (median (IQR))
Baseline	6 (5–6)	6 (5–7)
12 weeks	6 (5–6)	6 (5–6)
24 weeks	6 (5–6)	6 (5–7)
AKPS5(median (IQR))
Baseline	50 (50–60)	50 (50–60)
12 weeks	60 (50–60)	60 (50–60)
24 weeks	60 (50–60)	50 (40–60)
Income status n (%)
Living comfortably on current income	41 (50)	9 (53)
Coping on current income	32 (39)	8 (47)
Difficult on current income	4 (5)	0 (0)
Very difficult on current income	1 (1)	0 (0)
Don’t know	2 (2)	0 (0)
Prefer not to say	2 (2)	0 (0)
Religious n (%)
Yes	60 (73)	10 (59)
No	21 (26)	7 (419)
Missing	1 (1)	0 (0)
Living status n (%)
Lives alone	43 (52.4)	8 (47)
Lives with someone	39 (47.6)	9 (53)
Ethnicity n (%)
White British	70 (85)	17 (100)
White other	2 (2)	0 (0)
Irish	3 (4)	0 (0)
Caribbean	4 (5)	0 (0)
African	1 (1)	0 (0)
Other	1 (1)	0 (0)
Missing	1 (1)	0 (0)

¹90 participants consented, but 8 required a proxy respondent and could not answer the preferences questions. Details of the 82 participants who answered the baseline survey are reported here. ²One participant was sampled for qualitative interviews but was unable to complete. ³Includes dementia, delirium, and cognitive impairment without formal diagnosis. ⁴CFS = Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale ⁵AKPS = Australian modified Karnofsky Performance Status