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Table 2 Characteristics of the previously interviewed nursing home residents

From: Nursing home staff’s views on residents’ dignity: a qualitative interview study

Respondent

Characteristics

 

Sex

Age range

Illness(es)

1

Woman

81–90

CVA, COPD, rheumatoid arthritis

2

Man

≤ 60

CVA

3

Woman

≤ 60

Crohn’s disease

4

Woman

71–80

Not able to stand as a result of trauma

5

Man

81–90

CVA, problems with kidney

6

Woman

61–70

CVA, COPD

7

Man

71–80

CVA

8

Man

61–70

Multiple system atrophy

9

Man

≤ 60

Liver cirrhosis

Terminally ill patient

10

Man

81–90

Heart failure

11

Woman

81–90

Arthrosis

12

Woman

> 90

Arthrosis, macula degeneration

13

Woman

81–90

Ankle fracture, abscess

14

Woman

81–90

Cancer of pancreas, heart failure

Terminally ill patient

15

Man

> 90

Rheumatoid arthritis

16

Woman

81–90

CVA, heart failure

17

Woman

81–90

Huntington’s disease

18

Man

71–80

CVA

19

Woman

81–90

CVA, diabetes, aneurysm of aorta

20

Woman

61–70

Cerebral hemorrhage as a result of trauma

21

Woman

> 90

Heart failure

22

Man

81–90

Proximal muscle weakness

23

Woman

71–80

Hydrocefalus (accumulation of fluid in brains)

24

Man

81–90

Neglect of self, diabetes, not able to stand

25

Woman

71–80

Myocardial infarction, heart failure, poliomyelitis

26

Woman

81–90

CVA

27

Woman

81–90

Arthrosis, osteoporosis, transient ischaemic attacks

28

Man

71–80

Paralyzed as a result of trauma, diabetes

29

Woman

≤ 60

Hydrocefalus as a result of an aneurysm in brains

30

Man

81–90

CVA, heart failure