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Table 3.

Results on facilitation of prognostic awareness

Quant. data (content analysis of patient records)	Quant. categories	Pillar theme	Qual. categories	Qual. codes (qualitative semi-structured interviews)
Prognosis communication was recorded in less than 20% of the conversations (t1: 18% (n = 5), t2: 17% (n = 3) Advance care planning topics were written down 22–30% No documentation if topic was not discussed	Prognosis and advance care planning were partly documented	Approaching prognosis and advance care planning	Diverse patient reactions toward prognosis and advance care planning	“Well, I resigned to the fact that it is lethal, that it is incurable. Therefore, I came to hospice care because I would like to die in peace.” (Patient 6) “The length of the remaining period of life, one doesn´t want to know and this was respected in the conversation – the nurse and doctor in the conversation were very considerate.” (Patient 10)

Quant. data (content analysis of patient records)

Quant. categories

Pillar theme

Qual. categories

Qual. codes (qualitative semi-structured interviews)

Prognosis communication was recorded in less than 20% of the conversations (t1: 18% (n = 5), t2: 17% (n = 3)

Advance care planning topics were written down 22–30%

No documentation if topic was not discussed

Prognosis and advance care planning were partly documented

Approaching prognosis and advance care planning

Diverse patient reactions toward prognosis and advance care planning

“Well, I resigned to the fact that it is lethal, that it is incurable. Therefore, I came to hospice care because I would like to die in peace.” (Patient 6)

“The length of the remaining period of life, one doesn´t want to know and this was respected in the conversation – the nurse and doctor in the conversation were very considerate.” (Patient 10)

Quant. = quantitative; Qual. = qualitative