Table 2 Baseline participant characteristics
Characteristic | Category | N | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 148 | 49% |
Age (Mean/SD) | 71 | 12% | |
Marital status | Never Married | 9 | 3% |
Widowed | 69 | 23% | |
Divorced/Separated | 33 | 11% | |
Married/Defacto | 190 | 63% | |
Caregiver present | Has caregiver | 277 | 96% |
Accommodation | Private residence | 271 | 89% |
Nursing home | 18 | 6% | |
Hostel | 4 | 1% | |
Hospital | 11 | 4% | |
Other | 2 | 1% | |
Living arrangement | Lives alone | 72 | 25% |
Lives with spouse | 173 | 60% | |
Other relative lives in household | 44 | 15% | |
Cancer diagnosis | Yes | 282 | 92% |
Phase of palliative care | Stable | 157 | 60% |
Deteriorating | 48 | 18% | |
Unstable | 57 | 22% | |
Terminal | 1 | 0% | |
Pain at present | Mean (standard deviation) | (2.1) | |
Usual pain in last 24 hrs | (2.1) | ||
Worst pain in last 24 hrs | (3.2) |