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Table 3 Preference ranked most important during study

From: The stability of care preferences following acute illness: a mixed methods prospective cohort study of frail older people

Time point

A. extend life

B. Improve quality of life

C. Remain independent

D. Be comfortable

E. Support those close to me

F. Stay out of hospital

G. Other (specify)

Don’t Know

Prefer not to say

missing

Baseline n (%)

(n = 82)

7 (9)

12 (15)

8 (10)

3 (4)

13 (16)

16 (20)

6 (7)

9 (11)

3 (6)

5 (6)

12 weeks n (%)

(n = 64)

5 (8)

6 (9)

9 (14)

7 (11)

8 (13)

13 (20)

5 (8)

5 (8)

3 (5)

3 (5)

24 Weeks n (%)

(n = 64)

6 (9)

7 (11)

8 (13)

7 (11)

8 (13)

9 (14)

8 (13)

5 (8)

4 (6)

2 (3)

Percentage stablea

(n = 57)

17

11

0

0

25

19

0

–

–

–

  1. aPercentage of participants who rated the same preference most important at baseline and at all available follow ups (those with only 1 data point were excluded)