. 2021 Apr 7;35(5):830–842. doi: 10.1177/02692163211003778

Table 1.

Background characteristics of patients according to the patient having COVID-19 or not (absolute numbers and rounded %).

	No COVID-19		COVID-19		Total^c
	N = 327		N = 427		N = 761
	abs	%	abs	%	abs	%
Respondent^a
Nurse	230	70.8	310	72.9	544	72.9
Physician	38	11.7	74	17.4	114	15.1
Other	57	11.5	41	9.6	99	13.1
Patient characteristics
Sex^a
Man	138	42.5	239	56.2	382	50.5
Woman	197	57.5	186	43.8	375	49.5
Age
⩽65 years	68	21.3	72	17.0	144	18.9
66–75 years	70	21.9	90	21.2	161	21.4
76–85 years	97	30.3	162	38.2	261	34.8
>85 years	85	26.6	100	23.6	185	24.6
COVID-19
Certainly	0		356	83.4	356	47.2
Probably	0		71	16.6	71	9.4
Probably not	101	30.9	0		101	13.4
Certainly not	218	66.7	0		218	28.9
Don’t know	8	2.4	0		8	1.1
Serious (chronic) illness^a,b	314	96.3	358	84.4	679	89.7
Cancer^a	200	61.3	50	11.8	253	33.4
Heart disease^a	69	21.2	120	28.3	189	25.0
Lung disease^a	53	16.3	96	22.6	151	19.9
Diabetes^a	28	8.6	92	21.7	122	16.1
Dementia^a	51	15.6	121	28.5	174	23.0
Other	69	21.2	92	21.7	166	21.9
Symptoms in the last 2 days of life
Breathlessness^a	140	44.2	329	79.1	473	63.9
Pain^a	186	58.5	173	41.4	362	48.7
Agitation	184	57.7	267	63.9	455	61.2
Care characteristics
Setting^a
Home	116	35.5	47	11.0	163	21.4
Hospital	46	14.1	201	47.1	249	32.7
Nursing home	64	19.6	125	29.3	192	25.2
Hospice	76	23.2	11	2.6	89	11.7
Other	25	7.6	43	10.1	68	8.9
At a Covid ward or institution^a	31	9.5	243	56.9	275	36.1
Visitors allowed in last 2 days^a
Yes, without restrictions	103	34.0	67	17.0	170	24.1
Yes, with restrictions	186	61.4	280	71.1	472	67.0
No	14	4.6	47	11.9	62	8.8
Terms best describing how somebody died^b
Quiet^a	233	74.7	240	58.3	479	65.5
Good^a	122	39.1	110	26.7	237	32.4
Sad^a	63	20.2	185	44.9	249	34.1
Hectic^a	10	3.2	36	8.7	46	6.3
Shocking^a	11	3.5	33	8.0	44	6.0
Painful^a	11	3.5	41	10.0	53	7.3
Intimate^a	54	17.3	35	8.5	89	12.2
Degrading^a	7	2.2	59	14.3	66	9.0
Touching^a	41	13.1	83	20.1	125	17.1
Dignified^a	119	38.1	96	23.3	217	29.7
Restless^a	14	4.5	63	15.3	79	10.8
Peaceful^a	128	41.0	103	25.0	234	32.0
Use of positive and negative terms to describe how the patient died^a
Only negative terms	24	7.9	78	19.7	103	14.6
Positive and negative terms	61	20.0	166	42.0	228	32.2
Only positive terms	220	72.1	151	38.2	376	53.2

Difference between the non-COVID-19 and the COVID-19 group is statistically significant (χ²-test, p < 0.05).