Table 1.

Univariate Analysis of Correlation With FATCOD-B Score Using Pearson's Correlation Coefficient and an Independent t Test (N = 332)

		Pearson's r/mean FATCOD-B score ± SD	Coefficient	p
Age in years (mean ± SD)	28.2 ± 2.8	r = 0.06	0.2	0.249
Sex	Female [N = 95]	59.5 ± 6.6	2.0	0.028*
	Male [N = 236]	57.5 ± 7.6
No. of years of clinical experience (mean ± SD)	2.5 ± 1.3	r = 0.16	0.9	0.004*
Marital status	Married [N = 82]	57.7 ± 8.9	0.5	0.592
	Not married [N = 250]	58.2 ± 6.8
Has own family long-term care experience	Yes [N = 37]	57.9 ± 9.6	−0.2	0.880
	No [N = 295]	58.1 ± 7.0
Has own family bereavement experience	Yes [N = 264]	58.2 ± 7.4	0.5	0.631
	No [N = 68]	57.7 ± 7.0
Is religious	Yes [N = 76]	58.5 ± 8.0	0.5	0.618
	No [N = 256]	58.0 ± 7.2
No. of patient deaths experienced	Less than 10 [N = 233]	57.2 ± 7.1	3.4	<0.001*
(Not restricted to cancer patients)	More than 11 [N = 94]	60.8 ± 7.4
Interest in palliative care**	High [N = 299]	58.5 ± 7.3	4.2	0.002*
	Low [N = 32]	54.4 ± 7.2
Has received education regarding palliative care	Yes [N = 297]	58.2 ± 7.6	0.4	0.773
	No [N = 34]	57.8 ± 5.3
Has received clinical training in palliative care	Yes [N = 127]	57.8 ± 7.6	−0.5	0.584
	No [N = 204]	58.3 ± 7.2
Has attended onsite palliative care seminar	Yes [N = 228]	58.4 ± 7.5	0.9	0.292
	No [N = 102]	57.5 ± 7.0
Has support regarding end-of-life care from a mentor	Yes [N = 178]	59.0 ± 8.0	1.7	0.038*
	No [N = 147]	57.3 ± 6.5
Frequency of palliative care consultation to expert teams***	High [N = 214]	58.3 ± 7.1	0.5	0.559
	Low [N = 118]	57.8 ± 7.8
Frequency of consultation to nonphysician medical staff***	High [N = 268]	58.5 ± 7.3	2.0	0.048*
	Low [N = 63]	56.5 ± 7.2
Involvement of other health care professionals at important	High [N = 294]	58.2 ± 7.4	0.5	0.702
meetings with patients and family***	Low [N = 37]	57.7 ± 7.0
Attendance of death conference***	High [N = 146]	58.4 ± 7.6	0.4	0.603
	Low [N = 184]	58.0 ± 7.1
Death Attitude Inventory
Death anxiety (mean ± SD)	16.8 ± 6.5 (out of 20)	r = −0.21	−0.2	<0.001*
Death relief (mean ± SD)	11.1 ± 5.3 (out of 20)	r = −0.16	−0.2	0.004*
Death avoidance (mean ± SD)	10.8 ± 5.0 (out of 20)	r = −0.43	−0.6	<0.001*
Life purpose (mean ± SD)	16.2 ± 5.2 (out of 20)	r = 0.17	0.2	0.002*
Death concern (mean ± SD)	14.2 ± 4.8 (out of 20)	r = 0.06	0.1	0.291
Supernatural belief	9.3 ± 4.7 (out of 15)	r = −0.09	−0.1	0.096

^* Denotes statistical significance at p ≤ 0.05.

^** High: respondents who selected 1–3, Low: respondents who selected 4–5 on a scale of 1–5, 1 being most interested, 5 being not interested at all.

^*** High: respondents who selected 1–3, Low: respondents who selected 4–5, on a scale of 1–5, 1 being Always, 5 being Never.

FATCOD, Frommelt Attitudes Toward the Care of the Dying; SD, standard deviation.