Demography and medical diagnosis of do not resuscitate patients
| Period 1 n=140 | Period 2 n=115 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables, categories | n | % | n | % |
| *Comparison between periods 1 and 2. | ||||
| Bold characters are used for statistically signficant differences. | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≤65 | 26 | 18.6 | 34 | 29.6 |
| 66 to 80 | 61 | 43.6 | 46 | 40.0 |
| >80 | 53 | 37.9 | 35 | 30.4 |
| p=0.108* | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| male | 77 | 55.0 | 52 | 45.2 |
| female | 63 | 45.0 | 63 | 54.8 |
| p=0.12* | ||||
| Marital status | ||||
| single | 8 | 5.7 | 10 | 8.8 |
| married | 77 | 55.0 | 53 | 46.5 |
| widowed | 44 | 31.4 | 34 | 29.8 |
| divorced/separated | 11 | 7.9 | 17 | 14.9 |
| p=0.202* | ||||
| Medical diagnosis | ||||
| cancer | 23 | 6.4 | 16 | 13.9 |
| metastatic cancer | 27 | 19.3 | 49 | 42.6 |
| cardiac disease | 27 | 19.3 | 15 | 13.0 |
| others | 63 | 45.0 | 35 | 30.4 |
| p<0.01* | ||||