Table 5.
Baseline characteristics of participants (N = 31).
| Variable | Valuea |
|---|---|
| Facility b | |
| A | 16 (51.6) |
| B | 5 (16.1) |
| C | 3 (9.7) |
| D | 1 (3.2) |
| E | 3 (9.7) |
| F | 1 (3.2) |
| G | 1 (3.2) |
| H | 1 (3.2) |
| Female sexd | 24 (77.4) |
| Age | |
| 70-79 | 5 (16.1) |
| 80-89 | 15 (48.4) |
| 90+ | 11 (35.5) |
| Marital status | |
| Married or domestic partnership | 13 (41.9) |
| Widowed or divorced | 18 (58.1) |
| Decision-making capacity (yes) | 22 (71.0) |
| Qualifying Diagnosis | |
| Dementia | 7 (22.6) |
| Advanced Cardiac Disease | 7 (22.6) |
| Neurological Disease | 7 (22.6) |
| Respiratory Disease | 6 (19.4) |
| Renal Failure | 3 (9.7) |
| Advanced Cancer | 1 (3.2) |
| PC indication | |
| Decline in function | 19 (61.3) |
| Surprise Question | 4 (12.9) |
| Complex care requirements | 5 (16.1) |
| Frequent hospitalizations | 3 (9.7) |
| Any Dementia diagnosis | 10 (32.3) |
| Baseline POS (imputed)c | |
| Median (range) | 9 (2–19) |
| Mean ± SD | 9 ± 5 |
a
Values are no. (%), median (range), or mean ± SD.
b
4 facilities did not enroll in the first 6 months.
c
One subject did not respond to 4 POS items and was excluded from the summary; another subject did not response to 1 POS item, so the POS score was imputed by replacing the missing item rating with the average of the other ratings provided by that subject.
d
All subjects were White Non-Hispanic/Latino.