Table 1

Comparison of the characteristics of those patients with and without prognosis estimates. The percentages are row percentages. Test results are given when P < 0.2. NS = Not significant.

prognosis estimates NO n = 134
 prognosis estimates YES n = 275
 test results-always chi-square unless specified



N.
 (%)
 N.
 (%)
TEAM Z
 45
 28
 118
 72
Y
 28
 43
 37
 57
X
 53
 80
 13
 20
W
 8
 7
 107
 93
 107,6; DF 3, p < 0.001
AGE (mean ± DS)
 66.5 ± 9.7
 65.9 ± 11.4
 NS
(median; range)
 67(32–87)
 67(32–92)
GENDER




males
 77
 35
 144
 65
females
 57
 30
 131
 70
 NS
PRIMARY TUMOUR




lung
 33
 30
 76
 70
GI
 31
 27
 85
 73
GU
 27
 45
 33
 55
breast
 13
 34
 25
 66
others
 26
 32
 56
 68
 6,37; DF 4; p = 0.173
STATUS




married
 78
 32
 167
 68
single
 51
 32
 107
 68
 NS
CARER




no carer
 2
 15
 11
 85
lay carer (wife, husband ...)
 109
 32
 234
 68
other (friend, other)
 15
 34
 29
 66
 NS
SURVIVAL




(mean ± DS)
 54.3 ± 57.9
 71.3 ± 92.5
(median; range) survival (categories)
 33.5 (1–311)
 42 (1–734)
 p = 0.176 (M-Whitney test)
1–21
 49
 35
 89
 65
22–60
 43
 34
 84
 66
61–90
 16
 32
 34
 68
91–180
 17
 29
 41
 71
>180
 9
 25
 27
 75
 1,78; DF 1 (trend); p 0.183

Higginson and Costantini BMC Palliative Care 2002 1:1   doi:10.1186/1472-684X-1-1