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Table 2 Type of advance care directive by participant characteristics

From: Costs and advance directives at the end of life: a case of the ‘Coaching Older Adults and Carers to have their preferences Heard (COACH)’ trial

Variable

GPCPa

EPGb

MDc

n = 35

n = 21

n = 20

 

Median; mean (SD)

Median; mean (SD)

Median; mean (SD))

Age in years

86.0; 85.0 (7.5)

87.0; 84.8 (7.2)

87.5; 88.0 (5.6)

Baseline QoLd (EQ-5D score)

0.33; 0.38 (0.33)

0.45; 0.46 (0.26)

0.38; 0.41 (0.33)

Baseline functional status (Barthel Index)

57.0; 55.5 (23.3)

61.0; 59.8 (19.2)

60.5; 58.4 (20.9)

Baseline cognitive function (SMMSEe score)*

25.0; 23.3 (5.7)

19.5; 19.2 (5.8)

23.5; 23.4 (4.3)

Baseline depressive symptoms (GDS-15f score)

6.0; 5.8 (2.7)

5.0; 5.6 (2.9)

4.5; 6.0 (3.6)

Body mass index (BMI)g

22.2; 23.6 (6.5)

24.0; 24.9 (5.3)

22.9; 23.9 (5.0)

Gender [n,(%) male]

15 (43)

12 (57)

5 (25)

n (%) who had a QoLh gain over 12 months

13 (41)

7 (41)

8 (44)

n (%) who had died at the end of 12 months

10 (29)

6 (29)

2 (10)

Place of death [n (%) in each column]

   

 Hospital

6 (60)

3 (50)

1 (50)

 Residential Care/Respite

4 (40)

3 (50)

1 (50)

 Home/Independent living unit

0

0

0

When AD was completedi

   

 Before admission to TCj

0

17 (81)

5 (25)

 During admission to TCj

35 (100)

2 (10)

15 (70)

Trial Arm

   

 Intervention*

30 (86)

14 (67)

9 (45)

 Usual care*

5 (14)

7 (33)

11 (55)

  1. aGPCP = Good palliative care plan
  2. bEPG = Enduring power of guardianship
  3. cMD = Medical documentation
  4. dQoL = Quality of life
  5. eSMMSE = Standardised Mini Mental State Examination
  6. fGDS-15 = Geriatric Depression Scale. Due to missing data, n = 34 for GPCP, 20 for EPG and 18 for MD
  7. gThere was some missing data on the BMI: n = 34 for GPCP, = 21 for EPG & 20 for MD
  8. hQoL = Quality of life. Because of missing data, n = 32 for GPCP, 17 for EPG and 18 for MD
  9. iSome data on when the AD was completed were missing: n = 19 for EPG and n = 20 for MD
  10. j TC = Transition care
  11. *Kruskall Wallis test statistically significant at 0.05