Table 2.
Characteristics of services responding to the survey and answers to the survey questions explored in the findings below.
| UK (n = 277) | Europe (except UK) (n = 85) | World (except Europe) (n = 95) | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIC/LMIC (n = 17) | UMIC (n = 19) | HIC (n = 59) | ||||
| Role of respondents (n/N, %)# | ||||||
| Medical director/lead medical clinician | 97/274 (35.4%) | 42/85 (49.4%) | 11/17 (64.7%) | 7/19 (36.8%) | 26/58 (44.8%) | 183/453 (40.4%) |
| Nurse director/lead nurse clinician | 69/274 (25.2%) | 8/85 (9.4%) | 2/17 (11.8%) | 2/19 (10.5%) | 7/58 (12.1%) | 88/453 (19.4%) |
| Other | 108/274 (39.4%) | 35/85 (41.2%) | 4/17 (23.5%) | 10/19 (52.6%) | 25/58 (43.1%) | 182/453 (40.2%) |
| Missing | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 5+ |
| Type of service (n/N, %) | ||||||
| Adult only | 247/277 (89.2%) | 68/85 (80%) | 7/17 (41.2%) | 9/19 (47.4%) | 40/59 (67.8%) | 371/458 (81%)+ |
| Children only | 16/277 (5.8%) | 5/85 (5.9%) | 0/17 (0%) | 3/19 (15.8%) | 5/59 (8.5%) | 29/458 (6.3%)+ |
| Both adult and children | 11/277 (4%) | 10/85 (11.8%) | 9/17 (52.9%) | 7/19 (36.8%) | 14/59 (23.7%) | 52/458 (11.4%)* |
| None indicated | 3/277 (1.1%) | 2/85 (2.4%) | 1/17 (5.9%) | 0/19 (0%) | 0/59 (0%) | 6/458 (1.3%)+ |
| Setting (n/N, %) | ||||||
| Inpatient PC unit | 168/277 (60.6%) | 44/85 (51.8%) | 8/17 (47.1%) | 6/19 (31.6%) | 34/59 (57.6%) | 261/458 (57%)* |
| Hospital PC team | 135/277 (48.7%) | 26/85 (30.6%) | 9/17 (52.9%) | 10/19 (52.6%) | 37/59 (62.7%) | 217/458 (47.4%)+ |
| Home PC team | 160/277 (57.8%) | 47/85 (55.3%) | 10/17 (58.8%) | 9/19 (47.4%) | 34/59 (57.6%) | 261/458 (57%)* |
| Home nursing | 92/277 (33.2%) | 15/85 (17.6%) | 1/17 (5.9%) | 4/19 (21.1%) | 7/59 (11.9%) | 119/458 (26%)+ |
| Total | 277 | 85 | 17 | 19 | 59 | 458+ |
| Management type (n/N, %)# | ||||||
| Charitable/non-profit | 143/262 (54.6%) | 23/85 (27.1%) | 5/17 (29.4%) | 6/17 (35.3%) | 14/58 (24.1%) | 192/440 (43.6%)* |
| Public | 103/262 (39.3%) | 51/85 (60%) | 8/17 (47.1%) | 6/17 (35.3%) | 36/58 (62.1%) | 204/440 (46.4%)+ |
| Private | 1/262 (0.4%) | 9/85 (10.6%) | 2/17 (11.8%) | 5/17 (29.4%) | 2/58 (3.4%) | 19/440 (4.3%)+ |
| Other | 15/262 (5.7%) | 2/85 (2.4%) | 2/17 (11.8%) | 0/17 (0%) | 6/58 (10.3%) | 25/440 (5.7%)+ |
| Missing | 15 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Setting (n/N, %) | ||||||
| None indicated | 3/277 (1.1%) | 1/85 (1.2%) | 1/17 (5.9%) | 0/19 (0%) | 0/59 (0%) | 5/458 (1.1%)+ |
| Single setting | 110/277 (39.7%) | 49/85 (57.6%) | 8/17 (47.1%) | 11/19 (57.9%) | 24/59 (40.7%) | 202/458 (44.1%)+ |
| Multiple settings (2 or more settings) | 164/277 (59.2%) | 35/85 (41.2%) | 8/17 (47.1) | 8/19 (42.1%) | 35/59 (59.3%) | 251/458 (54.8%)* |
| Experience with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 | ||||||
| Services with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases (n/N, %)# | 248/264 (93.9%) | 60/83 (72.3%) | 9/17 (52.9%) | 7/17 (41.2%) | 33/58 (56.9%) | 358/440 (81.4%)* |
| Missing | 13 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Services with staff with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 (n/N, %)# | 238/262 (90.8%) | 55/83 (66.3%) | 4/16 (25%) | 7/17 (41.2%) | 30/58 (51.7%) | 335/437 (76.7%)* |
| Missing | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Service changes in response to COVID-19 | ||||||
| Services who had changed in response to COVID-19 (n/N, %)# | 255/263 (97%) | 74/82 (90.2%) | 14/17 (82.4%) | 15/17 (88.2%) | 53/57 (93%) | 412/437 (94.3%)* |
| Missing | 14 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| Changes in specific services | ||||||
| Services that reported changes in in-patient beds in their service (n/N, %) | 117/255 (45.9%) | 25/74 (33.8%) | 4/14 (28.6%) | 4/15 (26.7%) | 20/53 (37.7%) | 170/412 (41.3%)+ |
| Changes in in-patient beds in your services (n/N, %) | ||||||
| Number of beds | ||||||
| Increased | 41/117 (35%) | 5/28 (17.9%) | 1/4 (25%) | 0/4 (0%) | 1/21 (4.8%) | 48/174 (27.6%) |
| Stayed about the same | 34/117 (29.1%) | 10/28 (35.7%) | 2/4 (50%) | 4/4 (100%) | 7/21 (33.3%) | 57/174 (32.8%) |
| Decreased | 42/117 (35.9%) | 13/28 (46.4%) | 1/4 (25%) | 0/4 (0%) | 13/21 (61.9%) | 69/174 (39.7%) |
| Services that reported changes in how they provide support for patients in their own homes (n/N, %) | 152/255 (59.6%) | 32/74 (43.2%) | 8/14 (57.1%) | 6/15 (40%) | 30/53 (56.6%) | 228/412 (55.3%)+ |
| Number of patients needing support in their own homes (n/N, %) | ||||||
| Increased | 60/152 (39.5%) | 15/32 (46.9%) | 1/8 (12.5%) | 4/6 (66.7%) | 13/31 (41.9%) | 93/229 (40.6%) |
| Stayed about the same | 72/152 (47.4%) | 11/32 (34.4%) | 4/8 (50%) | 1/6 (16.7%) | 15/31 (48.4%) | 103/229 (45%) |
| Decreased | 20/152 (13.2%) | 6/32 (18.8%) | 3/8 (37.5%) | 1/6 (16.7%) | 3/31 (9.7%) | 33/229 (14.4%) |
| Services that reported changes in how medicines are given in the community (e.g. who sets up syringe drivers/families administering medicines (n/N, %)# | 56/149 (37.6%) | 7/31 (22.6%) | 1/8 (12.5%) | 2/6 (33.3%) | 9/28 (32.1%) | 75/222 (33.8%) |
| Services that reported changes in how they provide support for patients in care homes (including nursing homes) (n/N, %) | 96/255 (37.6%) | 23/74 (31.1%) | 2/14 (14.3%) | 4/15 (26.7%) | 28/53 (52.8%) | 153/412 (37.1%)+ |
| Face to face contact with staff in care homes (including nursing homes) is (n/N, %) | ||||||
| A lot more | 8/93 (8.6%) | 2/21 (9.5%) | 0/2 (0%) | 2/3 (66.7%) | 0/25 | 12/144 (8.3%) |
| Slightly more | 7/93 (7.5%) | 2/21 (9.5%) | 0/2 (0%) | 0/3 (0%) | 1/25 (4%) | 10/144 (6.9%) |
| About the same | 7/93 (7.5%) | 3/21 (14.3%) | 1/2 (50%) | 1/3 (33.3%) | 2/25 (8%) | 14/144 (9.7%) |
| Slightly less | 15/93 (16.1%) | 2/21 (9.5%) | 1/2 (50%) | 0/3 (0%) | 4/25 (16%) | 22/144 (15.3%) |
| Much less | 56/93 (60.2%) | 12/21 (57.1%) | 0/2 (0%) | 0/3 (0%) | 18/25 (72%) | 86/144 (59.7%) |
| Services that reported use of virtual technologies (e.g. zoom/teams) with patients and families (n/N, %) | ||||||
| A lot more | 149/252 (59.1%) | 25/71 (35.2%) | 6/13 (46.2%) | 6/15 (40%) | 33/53 (62.3%) | 219/405 (54.1%)+ |
| Slightly more | 71/252 (28.2%) | 24/71 (33.8%) | 2/13 (15.4%) | 8/15 (53.3%) | 14/53 (26.4%) | 120/405(29.6%)* |
| About the same | 29/252 (11.5%) | 19/71 (26.8%) | 1/13 (7.7%) | 0/15 (0%) | 6/53 (11.3%) | 55/405(13.6%)+ |
| Slightly less | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Much less | 3/252 (1.2%) | 3/71 (4.2%) | 4/13 (30.8%) | 1/15 (6.7%) | 0/53 | 11/405 (2.7%)+ |
| Services that reported use of virtual technologies (e.g. zoom/teams) with colleagues (n/N, %) | ||||||
| A lot more | 236/254 (92.9%) | 46/72 (63.9%) | 10/14 (71.4%) | 8/15 (53.3%) | 45/53 (84.9%) | 345/409 (84.4%)+ |
| Slightly more | 14/254 (5.5%) | 14/72 (19.4%) | 3/14 (21.4%) | 5/15 (33.3%) | 8/53 (15.1%) | 45/409 (11%)* |
| About the same | 2/254 (0.8%) | 10/72 (13.9%) | 0/14 | 2/15 (13.3%) | 0/53 | 14/409 (3.4%)+ |
| Slightly less | 1/254 (0.4%) | 2/72 (2.8%) | 0/14 | 0/15 | 0/53 | 3/409 (0.7%)+ |
| Much less | 1/254 (0.4%) | 0/72 | 1/14 (7.1%) | 0/15 | 0/53 | 2/409 (0.5%)+ |
| Bereavement support | ||||||
| Bereavement support (n/N, %) | ||||||
| A lot more | 32/193 (16.6%) | 2/53 (3.8%) | 1/13 (7.7%) | 0/12 | 2/41 (4.9%) | 37/313 (11.8%)+ |
| Slightly more | 49/193 (25.4%) | 14/53 (26.4%) | 1/13 (7.7%) | 5/12 (41.7%) | 9/41 (22%) | 78/313 (24.9%)+ |
| About the same | 76/193 (39.4%) | 24/53 (45.3%) | 5/13 (38.5%) | 2/12 (16.7%) | 21/41 (51.2%) | 129/313 (41.2%)* |
| Slightly less | 23/193 (11.9%) | 9/53 (17%) | 1/13 (7.7%) | 4/12 (33.3%) | 6/41 (14.6%) | 43/313 (13.7%)+ |
| Much less | 13/193 (6.7%) | 4/53 (7.5%) | 5/13 (38.5%) | 1/12 (8.3%) | 3/41 (7.3%) | 26/313 (8.3%)+ |
UK: United Kingdom; LIC: low income countries; LMIC: lower middle income countries; UMIC: upper middle income countries; HIC: high income countries; PC: palliative care.
#
n of value and valid N denominator are provided. Percentages are of valid values, unless otherwise stated. Number of missing responses for each category are provided below.
*
Included data from the one missing country in the numerator and denominator.
+
Includes data from the one missing country in the denominator.