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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Palliat Support Care. 2022 Dec;20(6):794–800. doi: 10.1017/S1478951521001838

Table 1.

Demographics and basic information of the participants.

Family members PRE N= 79 % POST N= 80 %

Age (years), Mean (SD) 47.98 (±15.23) 47.1 (±14.86)
Sex
 Female 54 68.35 48 60
 Male 25 31.65 32 40
Relationship to patient
 Husband 6 7.59 3 3.75
 Wife 21 26.58 6 7.5
 Partner 1 1.27 1 1.25
 Brother 5 6.33 9 11.25
 Sister 4 5.06 8 10
 Daughter 16 20.25 18 22.5
 Son 8 10.13 12 15
 Father 3 3.80 0 0
 Mother 4 5.06 6 7.5
 Other 11 13.92 17 21.25
Before this most recent event, have you been involved as a family member of a patient in an ICU?
 Yes 45 56.96 36 45
 No 34 43.04 44 55
Do you live with the patient?
 Yes 38 48.1 28 35
 No 41 51.9 52 65

ICU practitioners PRE N= 95 % POST N= 52 %

Age in years, Mean (SD) 38.86 (±10.54) 41.13 (±12.10)
Sex
 Female 74 77.89 37 71.15
 Male 13 13.68 9 17.31
 Prefer not to answer 8 8.42 6 11.54
Clinical role
 Advanced practice nurse 6 6.45 7 13.21
 Nurse 40 43.01 28 52.83
 Clinical pharmacist 11 11.83 3 5.66
 Physician 8 8.6 9 16.98
 Physician assistant 5 5.38 1 1.89
 Occupational therapist 8 8.60 1 1.89
 Other 17 16.13 3 7.55
Total years working in an ICU setting, Mean (SD) 9.28 (±8.08) 10.73 (±7.25)
Years working in the current ICU, Mean (SD) 6.06 (±5.67) 6.8 (±5.46)

ICU: Intensive Care Unit