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Participant characteristics (N = 59) |
|
| Male/Female |
59/0 |
| Age (years) (mean ± SD) |
58.7 ± 3.53 |
| Type of living |
|
| Living with wife |
55 |
| Living without wife or alone |
4 |
| Religious belief |
|
| Don't have any special beliefs |
52 |
| Have beliefs |
7 |
| Education |
|
| University graduate or higher |
52 |
| High school or Vocational school graduate |
7 |
| Occupation |
|
| Office worker |
33 |
| Company executive |
8 |
| Retired |
7 |
| Farmer |
6 |
| Specialist |
5 |
| Period of hospitalization (month) |
|
| Mean ± SD |
19.2 ± 1.5 |
| Range |
14.2–21.6 |
| Period from hospitalization to the first interview (day) |
|
| Medican (25 percentile-75 percentile) |
8 (6–12) |
| Period from the last interview to death (day) |
|
| Medican (25 percentile-75 percentile) |
8(5–11) |
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