Table 1.
Demographics of the participating visitors.
| N = 199 | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Men | 31 | 15.6 |
| Women | 164 | 82.4 | |
| Unknown | 4 | 2.0 | |
| Age (years) | Mean | 52 | |
| Median | 53 | ||
| Range | 18-92 | ||
| Living area | Urban | 74 | 37.2 |
| Rural | 125 | 62.8 | |
| Previous contact to palliative care service | Yes | 120 | 60.3 |
| Health status | Very good – good | 192 | 96.5 |
| Not so good | 4 | 2.0 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 1.5 | |
| In possession of an advance directive | Yes | 65 | 32.7 |
| No | 116 | 58.3 | |
| Unknown | 18 | 9.0 | |
| Housing situation | Living with someone | 140 | 70.4 |
| Living alone | 57 | 18.6 | |
| Unknown | 2 | 1.0 | |
| Language | German | 193 | 97.0 |
| French | 5 | 2.5 | |
| Spanish | 1 | 0.5 |