Mariken Stegmann
reducing pain, and reducing other symptoms (i.e., extending , independence , pain , and other , respectively). Results Participants Of the 47 patients who participated in an OPT conversation at baseline, 29 (62%) had one or more follow‐up OPT conversations and could be included in the current study. Among these, the mean age was 75.3 years (standard deviation [SD] = 6.4 years), 24 (83%) were male, 13 (45%) had low education levels, and 17 (61%) had lung cancer (Table 1). About half of the participants (52%; n=15) were in the early phase of disease. The main reasons for dropout before follow‐up were increased illness severity and death. Only 16 patients (55%) attended all three follow‐up OPT conversations. Table 1. Patient characteristics, most important goals, and goal patterns Total sample (N = 29) Early phase (N = 15) Late phase (N = 14) N (%) N (%) N (%) Age (mean, SD) 75.3 (6.4) 76.4 (6.4) 74.2 (6.3) Gender: male 24 (83) 12 (80) 12 (86) Education Primary school/GCSE A‐levels College/University Not known 13 (45) 10 (35) 4 (14) 1 (10) 7 (47) 5 (33) 3 (20) 0 6 (43) 5 (36) 1 (7) 2 (14) Cancer type Lung Prostate Gastrointestinal Other 17 (59) 4 (14) 6 (21) 2 (7) 8 (53) 1 (7) 4 (27) 2 (13) 9 (64) 3 (21) 2 (14) 0 Hospital University hospital Teaching hospital Community hospital 16 (55) 5 (17) 8 (28) 9 (60) 2 (13) 4 (27) 7 (50) 3 (21) 4 (29) Most important goal at baseline Extending life Maintaining independence Reducing pain Reducing other symptoms Chose ≥1 goal as most important 10 (34) 9 (31) 4 (14) 1 (3) 5 (17) 7 (47) 4 (27) 1 (7) 0 3 (20) 3 (21) 5 (36) 3 (21) 1 (7) 2 (14) Goal pattern Changed goals after baseline Stable goals after baseline 16 (55) 13 (45) 4 (27) 11 (73) 12 (86) 2 (14) Late phase: death within one year of the last follow‐up conversation. Changed goal: most important treatment goal changed or ≥1 item changed by ≥20 points (scale, 0–100) between consecutive OPT‐based conversations. 5 57 Treatment goals and their changes over time
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