Table 2 Characteristics of recruited participants (unit: %, mean (sd))
| Â | London | Dublin | New York | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(NÂ =Â 64) | (NÂ =Â 59) | (NÂ =Â 15) | (NÂ =Â 138) | ||
Female | 47% | 44% | 80% | 49% | |
Age (years) | |||||
|  | 65–69 | 31% | 34% | 33% | 33% |
|  | 70–74 | 25% | 27% | 33% | 27% |
|  | 75–79 | 20% | 19% | 20% | 20% |
|  | 80–89 | 16% | 17% | 13% | 21% |
|  | 90–96 | 8% | 3% | 0% | 5% |
Diagnosis | |||||
| Â | Lung and respiratory cancer | 8% | 14% | 13% | 11% |
| Â | Breast cancer | 11% | 8% | 13% | 10% |
| Â | Genitourinary cancer | 25% | 27% | 7% | 24% |
| Â | Haematological cancer | 8% | 3% | 20% | 7% |
| Â | Digestive cancer | 25% | 24% | 27% | 25% |
| Â | Ill-defined cancer | 3% | 8% | 0% | 5% |
| Â | Other cancer | 8% | 2% | 13% | 6% |
| Â | Non-cancer respiratory | 3% | 2% | 0% | 2% |
| Â | Non-cancer circulatory | 5% | 7% | 0% | 5% |
| Â | Non-cancer CNS | 2% | 3% | 0% | 2% |
| Â | Renal failure | 0% | 0% | 7% | 1% |
| Â | Other non-cancer | 3% | 2% | 0% | 2% |
| Â | Total Cancer (=1 if cancer) | 88% | 86% | 93% | 88% |
Marital status | |||||
| Â | Single | 13% | 14% | 20% | 14% |
| Â | Widowed | 31% | 36% | 13% | 31% |
| Â | Married/civil partnership | 33% | 42% | 53% | 39% |
| Â | Divorced/separated | 23% | 8% | 13% | 16% |
Living with (=1 if with someone else) | 42% | 59% | 53% | 51% | |
Primary carer (=1 if available) | 78% | 73% | 80% | 76% | |
Household income | |||||
| Â | Living comfortably on present | 36% | 32% | 40% | 35% |
| Â | Coping on present | 45% | 54% | 33% | 48% |
| Â | Difficult on present | 16% | 7% | 13% | 12% |
| Â | Very difficult on present | 3% | 7% | 7% | 5% |
| Â | Prefer not to say | 0% | 0% | 7% | 1% |
Religion (=1 if religious) | 67% | 76% | 80% | 72% | |
Palliative concerns POSa total score** | 13.3 (6.3) | 8.1 (5.5) | 10.1 (4.7) | 10.7 (6.3) | |
Barthel Indexb total score** | 69.5 (24.5) | 75.8 (26.1) | 94.3 (9.6) | 75.2 (25.1) | |
SOMCTc total score | 11.3 (5.3) | 10.8 (4.4) | 7.8 (2.4) | 10.8 (4.8) | |
Participant died as of end January 2016** | |||||
| Â | Yes | 86% | 88% | 20% | 80% |
| Â | No | 9% | 2% | 53% | 11% |
|  | Don’t know | 5% | 10% | 27% | 9% |
Died within 30Â days after referral to palliative care | 9% | 10% | 7% | 9% | |