Table 2.
Patient characteristics.
| Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis | |
| Oncological | 54 (63) |
| Neurological | 12 (14) |
| Geriatric/multimorbid | 7 (6) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 7 (8) |
| Other | 5 (6) |
| Mortality(upon study completion) | |
| Deceased | 45 (53) |
| Alive | 15 (18) |
| Not determinable | 25 (29) |
| Care setting | |
| Outpatient care at home | 30 (35) |
| Palliative care station | 16 (19) |
| Residential care | 16 (19) |
| Hospice | 11 (13) |
| Other | 12 (14) |
| Education | |
| Higher education | 12 (14) |
| Secondary school | 67 (82) |
| No finished education/no information provided | 6 (7) |
| Occupation before illness | |
| Yes | 47 (55) |
| No | 37 (43) |
| No information provided | 1 (2) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Born in Germany | |
| Yes | 78 (92) |
| No | 7 (8) |
| German native speaker | |
| Yes | 77 (91) |
| No | 2 (2) |
| No information provided | 6 (7) |
| Desire to die | |
| As judged by the HP during conversation | |
| Patient has a DD | 19 (22) |
| Patient has no DD | 60 (71) |
| No information provided | 6 (7) |
| Who addressed desire to die in conversation? | |
| Proactively addressed by HP | 60 (71) |
| Reactively addressed by patient | 18 (21) |
| No information provided | 7 (8) |