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Table 1 Informant and decedent characteristics (N = 193)

From: Patient-centered care during the last year of life: adaptation and validation of the German PACIC short form for bereaved persons as proxies (PACIC-S9-proxy)

 

Characteristic

n

%

Informant

Age (average 69 years)

18–29 years

1

(0.52)

30–49 years

26

(13.47)

50–64 years

91

(47.15)

65–79 years

63

(32.64)

80+ years

12

(6.22)

Sex

Male

45

(23.31)

Female

148

(76.68)

Relationship to decedent

Spouse

85

(44.04)

Son/daughter

78

(40.41)

Sibling

6

(3.11)

Son-in-law/daughter-in-law

3

(1.55)

Parent

2

(1.04)

Other relationship

7

(3.63)

Friend

8

(4.15)

Other

4

(2.07)

Decedent

Age at death (average 79 years)

18–29 years

1

(0.51)

30–49 years

2

(1.04)

50–64 years

44

(22.80)

65–79 years

62

(32.12)

80+ years

84

(43.52)

Sex

  

Male

96

(49.74)

Female

97

(50.26)

German citizenship

Yes

187

(96.89)

No

6

(3.11)

Family situationa

Had a partner

94

(48.7)

Lived together with partner

70

(36.27)

Had children

97

(50.26)

Lived together with children

20

(10.36)

Lived together with someone else

11

(5.70)

Lived alone

64

(33.16)

Illnesses in the last year of lifea

Cancer

116

(60.10)

Cardiovascular disease

100

(51.81)

Neuro-psychological disease

93

(48.19)

Disease of the respiratory system

89

(46.11)

Liver or kidney disease

39

(20.21)

Diabetes mellitus

31

(16.06)

Other

54

(27.98)

a Multiple responses were possible.