Table 1.
Characteristics of participating patients (n = 137)
| Age | m (sd) | min–max |
| 63.9 (14.3) | 27–90 | |
| Gender | n | % |
| Female | 66 | 48.2 |
| Male | 71 | 51.8 |
| Living situation | n | % |
| Living alone | 45 | 32.8 |
| Living with others | 92 | 67.2 |
| General condition – ECOG | n | % |
| 0 – fully active | 1 | 0.7 |
| 1 – restricted in strenuous activity, light work possible | 10 | 7.3 |
| 2 – ambulatory, capable of self-care, unable to work | 33 | 24.1 |
| 3 – capable of only limited self-care, 50% confined to bed / chair | 57 | 41.6 |
| 4 – completely disabled, no self-care, confined to bed / chair | 16 | 11.7 |
| 5 – dead | 0 | 0.0 |
| Missing data | 20 | 14.6 |
| Main diagnosis | n | % |
| Neoplasm of … | ||
| Digestive organs | 24 | 17.5 |
| Respiratory/intrathoracic organs | 21 | 15.3 |
| Female genital organs | 19 | 13.9 |
| Male genital organs | 17 | 12.4 |
| Other (< 10% of sample per diagnosis) | 52 | 37.9 |
| Non-oncologic | ||
| COPD (2x), ALS, heart failure | 4 | 2.9 |
| Reason for end of PROM-collection | n | % |
| Regular discharge | 92 | 67.2 |
| Death | 15 | 10.9 |
| Deteriorated health | 21 | 15.3 |
| Drop-out – patient decision | 3 | 2.2 |
| Drop-out – unknown reason or Covid-19 | 6 | 4.4 |
Abbreviations: m Mean value, sd Standard deviation, min Minimum, max Maximum, n Number of cases, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status [25], COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Covid-19 Corona virus disease 19