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Table 2 Characteristics of patients who participated or did not participate in CPR/DNAR discussion and EOL disclosure

From: Patient participation and associated factors in the discussions on do-not-attempt-resuscitation and end-of-life disclosure: a retrospective chart review study

 

Participation in CPR/DNAR discussion

Participation in EOL disclosure

Yes (n=112)

No (n=224)

p value

Yes (n=171)

No (n=170)

p value

Gender

 Male

83 (74.1%)

135 (60.3%)

0.012

117 (68.4%)

104 (61.2%)

0.16

 Female

29 (25.9%)

89 (39.7%)

 

54 (31.6%)

66 (38.8%)

 

Age, years (mean, SD)

68.1±13.5

70.7±15.7

0.034

67.4±13.5

72.4±15.7

<0.001

Marital status

 Married

69 (61.6%)

151 (67.4%)

0.29

118 (69.0%)

108 (63.5%)

0.29

 Unmarried

43 (38.4%)

73 (32.6%)

 

53 (31.0%)

62 (36.5%)

 

Family structure

 Living alone

32 (28.6%)

32 (14.3%)

0.002

40 (23.4%)

25 (14.7%)

0.041

 Living with family

80 (71.4%)

192 (85.7%)

 

131 (76.6%)

145 (85.3%)

 

Presence of mental illness

 Yes

9 (8.0%)

37 (16.5%)

0.033

14 (8.2%)

32 (18.8%)

0.004

 No

103 (92.0%)

187 (83.5%)

 

157 (91.8%)

138 (81.2%)

 

Diagnosis

 Cancer

75 (67.0%)

121 (54.0%)

0.023

122 (71.3%)

77 (45.3%)

<0.001

 Non-cancer

37 (33.0%)

103 (46.0%)

 

49 (28.7%)

93 (54.7%)

 

Number of hospitalization in the last two years (mean, SD)

3.7±2.8

3.5±3.2

0.049

4.0±3.2

3.2±2.9

<0.001

Period from the diagnosis to the death, days (mean, SD)

1103±1203

998±1905

0.006

1261±2120

815±1299

0.001

Length of the last hospital stay, days (mean, SD)

32.1±38.4

35.9±44.3

0.46

32.9±38.2

35.8±46.0

0.66

Period from the first applicable IC to the death, days (mean, SD)

100.8±239.0

66.2±170.5

<0.001

113.8±240.5

35.7±72.6

<0.001

Place of discussion

 Outpatient service

14 (12.5%)

17 (7.6%)

0.143a

37 (21.6%)

18 (10.6%)

0.006a

 Inpatient service

98 (87.5%)

207 (92.4%)

 

134 (78.4%)

152 (89.4%)

 

  last hospitalization

67 (59.8%)

178 (79.5%)

<0.001b

89 (52.0%)

134 (78.8%)

<0.001b

  other hospitalizations

31 (27.7%)

29 (12.9%)

 

45 (26.3%)

18 (10.6%)

 
  1. CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, DNAR Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitation, EOL End Of Life, IC informed consent, SD standard deviation
  2. aoutpatient vs. inpatient (both last hospitalization and others)
  3. blast hospitalization vs. other hospitalizations