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Table 2 Baseline participant characteristics by trial arm

From: Managing uncertain recovery for patients nearing the end of life in hospital: a mixed-methods feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of the AMBER care bundle

 

N (%) for whole sample, N = 65

N (%) for control, N = 36

N (%) for intervention, N = 29

Gender

 Male

33 (50.8)

22 (61.1)

11 (37.9)

 Female

32 (49.2)

14 (38.9)

18 (62.1)

Age

 50–64

10 (15.4)

9 (25.0)

1 (3.5)

 65–79

25 (38.5)

18 (50.0)

7 (24.1)

 80+

30 (46.2)

9 (25.0)

21 (72.4)

Mean (standard deviation)

77.8 (12.3)

71.8 (10.8)

85.3 (9.7)

Disease group

 Cancer

30 (46.2)

23 (63.9)

7 (24.1)

 Non-cancer

35 (53.8)

13 (36.1)

22 (75.9)

Patient had capacity

 Yes

23 (35.4)

17 (47.2)

6 (20.7)

 No

42 (64.6)

19 (52.8)

23 (79.3)

Education

 Did not go to school

3 (4.6)

3 (8.3)

0

 Secondary school (GCSE/O Level)

21 (32.3)

9 (25.0)

12 (41.3)

 Secondary school (A Level)

15 (23.1)

6 (16.7)

9 (31.0)

 Vocational qualification

4 (6.2)

2 (5.6)

2 (6.9)

 University

11 (16.9)

7 (19.4)

4 (13.8)

 Prefer not to say

7 (10.8)

6 (16.7)

1 (3.5)

 Missing

4 (6.2)

3 (8.3)

1 (3.5)

Marital status

 Single

10 (15.4)

6 (16.7)

4 (13.8)

 Widowed

26 (40.0)

9 (25.0)

17 (58.6)

 Married, civil partnership, or long-term relationship

27 (41.5)

19 (52.8)

8 (27.6)

 Divorced

1 (1.5)

1 (2.8)

0

 Missing

1 (1.5)

1 (2.8)

0

Ethnicity

 White British

45 (69.2)

17 (47.2)

28 (96.6)

 Other white

2 (3.1)

1 (2.8)

1 (3.5)

 White or black African

1 (2.8)

1 (2.8)

0

 White and Asian

1 (2.8)

1 (2.8)

0

 Other mixed

1 (2.8)

1 (2.8)

0

 Indian

7 (10.8)

7 (19.4)

0

 Pakistani

1 (2.8)

1 (2.8)

0

 Other Asian

4 (6.2)

4 (11.1)

0

 Caribbean

1 (2.8)

1 (2.8)

0

 Other black

1 (2.8)

1 (2.8)

0

 Missing

1 (2.8)

1 (2.8)

0

Income

 Living comfortably at present

26 (40.0)

14 (38.9)

12 (41.4)

 Coping on present income

21 (32.3)

12 (33.3)

9 (31.0)

 Difficult on present income

5 (7.7)

0

5 (17.2)

 Very difficult on present income

2 (3.1)

2 (5.6)

0

 Prefer not to say

2 (3.1)

0

2 (6.9)

 Don’t know

6 (9.2)

5 (13.9)

1 (3.5)

 Missing

3 (4.6)

3 (8.3)

0