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Table 4 Association between demographic factors and previous knowledge on a health care proxy role

From: Advanced directives’ knowledge among Portuguese palliative patients and caregivers: do the sociodemographic factors influence it? A cross-sectional survey

 

No knowledge on HCP

Knowledge on HCP

Statistic

p-value

Effect size

Grade of Education, n (%)

 Illiterate

8 (7.8%)

0 (0.0%)

#

.040

Phi = .19

 Knows how to write and read

13 (12.7%)

0 (0.0%)

   

 Primary School

38 (37.3%)

7 (38.9%)

   

 Middle School

25 (24.5%)

3 (16.7%)

   

 High School

11 (10.8%)

4 (22.2%)

   

 University

7 (6.9%)

4 (22.2%)

   

Religion, n (%)

 Catholic

100 (98.0%)

14 (77.8%)

#

.005

Phi = .33

 Jehovah’s Witness

0 (0.0%)

3 (16.7%)

   

 Agnostic

1 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

   

 Other

1 (1.0%)

1 (5.6%)

   
  1. Only significant differences are reported in the table
  2. HCP Health Care Proxy, n.s. non-significant, N/A not applicable