Evaluation design of the patient-centred pathways of early palliative care, supportive ecosystems and appraisal standard (InAdvance): a randomised controlled trial

Table 2 Socio-demographic and general characteristics

Variables	End-user
Age	Patient, informal caregiver, healthcare professionals
Sex	Patient, informal caregiver, healthcare professionals
Marital status	Patient
Level of education	Patient, informal caregiver, healthcare professionals
Ethnic background	Patient, informal caregiver
Professional category	Patient, informal caregiver
Relationship with the patient	Informal caregiver
Caregiving skills	Informal caregiver
Years of experience in caregiving	Informal caregiver
Preferences for place of care	Patient, informal caregiver, healthcare professionals
Preferences for place of death	Patient, informal caregiver, healthcare professionals
Active diagnosis (main diseases)	Patient
Time since initial diagnosis (main diseases)	Patient
Number of prescribed drugs	Patient
Type of prescribed drugs	Patient
Position	Healthcare professionals
Years of experience in general healthcare practice	Healthcare professionals
Years of experience in palliative care	Healthcare professionals
Previous training in palliative care	Healthcare professionals

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