Table 1 |
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Demographic details of participants and those who declined participation |
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Participants (n = 185) |
Declined (n = 239) |
Analysis |
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Gender Male (%) |
52.4 |
50.2 |
χ2 = 0.2, 1df p = 0.65 |
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Age (years) |
68 ± 12.6 |
68.3 ± 13.1 |
t = 0.12, p = 0.9 |
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Cancer diagnosis (%) |
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Bronchial |
18.4 |
23.4 |
χ2 = 5.7, |
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Breast |
14.1 |
12.1 |
9df |
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Lower GI |
14.1 |
13.8 |
p = 0.8 |
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Upper GI |
11.4 |
10.9 |
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Prostate |
9.7 |
7.1 |
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Gynaecological |
7 |
6.3 |
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Pancreatic/hepatobiliary |
6.5 |
8.8 |
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Urological not prostate |
5.4 |
4.6 |
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Brain |
2.7 |
0.8 |
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Other |
10.8 |
12.1 |
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Stone et al. BMC Palliative Care 2012 11:3 doi:10.1186/1472-684X-11-3 |
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