Table 2.

Family members’ perspectives on information dissemination and decision making process.

	PRE N= 79	%	POST N= 80	%
Ease of getting information
Excellent	31	39.2	38	48.7
Very good	25	31.6	19	24.4
Good	14	17.7	17	21.8
Fair	8	10.1	3	3.8
Poor	1	1.3	1	1.3
N/A	0	-	2	-
Understanding of information
Excellent	33	41.8	37	47.4
Very good	27	34.2	19	24.4
Good	15	19	18	23.1
Fair	4	5.1	3	3.8
Poor	0	0	1	1.3
N/A	0	-	2	-
Completeness of information
Excellent	33	41.8	44	56.4
Very good	24	30.4	14	17.9
Good	15	19.0	14	17.9
Fair	7	8.9	4	5.1
Poor	0	0.0	2	2.6
N/A	0	-	2	-
Consistency of information
Excellent	30	38.5	35	46.1
Very good	24	30.8	20	26.3
Good	17	21.8	14	18.4
Fair	6	7.7	6	7.9
Poor	1	1.3	1	1.3
N/A	1	-	4	-
Did you feel included in decision making process?
Very included	32	40.5	55	68.8
Somewhat included	28	35.4	12	15
I felt neither included nor excluded	12	15.2	6	7.5
Somewhat excluded	3	3.8	4	5
Very excluded	4	5.1	3	3.8
Did you feel supported during the decision making process?
I felt very supported	23	29.1	39	48.8
I felt supported	35	44.3	27	33.8
I felt neither overwhelmed nor supported	15	19	8	10
I felt somewhat overwhelmed	4	5.1	5	6.3
I felt totally overwhelmed	2	2.5	1	1.3
Did you feel you had control over the care of your family member?
I felt I had good control	27	34.2	45	56.3
I felt I had some control	28	35.4	20	25
I felt neither in control nor out of control	16	20.3	9	11.3
I felt somewhat out of control	5	6.3	4	5
I felt really out of control	3	3.8	2	2.5
Did you have adequate time to have your concern addressed and questions answered?
I had adequate time	72	91.1	66	82.5
I could have used more time	7	8.9	14	17.5

ICU: Intensive Care Unit. N/A responses were excluded from the frequency calculations.