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Table 2 Compare proportion of Broad and narrow criteria, P-CaRES, Surprise question and activities of daily living (ADL) abnormal between alive and death group

From: A comparison of palliative care and rapid emergency screening (P-CaRES) tool, broad and narrow criteria, and surprise questions to predict survival of older emergency department patients

 

Total N = 269

Alive N = 229

Death N = 40

P-value

Broad & Narrow criteria

   

0.19

 Negative

227 (84.4)

196 (85.6)

31 (77.5)

 

 Positive

42 (15.6)

33 (14.4)

9 (22.5)

 

P-CaRES

   

< 0.001

 Negative

211 (78.4)

188 (82.1)

23 (57.5)

 

 Positive

58 (21.6)

41 (17.9)

17 (42.5)

 

Surprise question

   

< 0.001

3-month

   

< 0.001

 “No, I would not be surprised”

134 (49.8)

100 (43.7)

34 (85)

 

 “Yes, I would be surprised”

135 (50.2)

129 (56.3)

6 (15)

 

ADL at baseline

   

< 0.001

 < 12

64 (23.8)

45 (19.7)

19 (47.5)

 

 ≥ 12

205 (76.2)

184 (80.4)

21 (52.5)

 
  1. Data present n (%), P-value was evaluated by chi-square test