Table 2.
Participant characteristics of patients, family members, and clinicians
| Characteristic (n [%], unless otherwise noted) | Patients (n = 67) | Surrogates (n = 72) | Clinicians (n = 29) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 62 (19) | 48 (13) | 43 (8) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 31 (46%) | 26 (36%) | 20 (69%) |
| Female | 29 (43%) | 33 (46%) | 9 (31%) |
| Declined to answer | 0 | 13 (18%) | 0 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 47 (70%) | 48 (67%) | 22 (76%) |
| Hispanic White | 6 (9%) | 2 (3%) | 2 (7%) |
| Asian | 4 (6%) | 4 (6%) | 3 (10%) |
| Black | 2 (3%) | 4 (6%) | 2 (7%) |
| Native American/Alaska Native | 0 | 1 (1%) | 0 |
| Declined to answer | 0 | 13 (18%) | 0 |
| Diagnoses | |||
| Traumatic Brain Injury | 16 (24%) | ||
| Acute Ischemic Stroke | 22 (33%) | ||
| Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 6 (9%) | ||
| Hemorrhagic Stroke | 11 (16%) | ||
| Other | |||
| (Encephalitis, status epilepticus, neoplasm, hypoxic ischemic brain injury) | 12 (18%) | ||
| Highest level of education | |||
| Less than High school | 3 (4%) | ||
| High school graduate or GED | 13 (18%) | ||
| Some college | 11 (15%) | ||
| 2 years college or technical school | 5 (7%) | ||
| College graduate | 15 (21%) | ||
| Graduate school or professional degree | 11 (15%) | ||
| Declined to say | 14 (19%) | ||
| Measures of literacy and numeracy, median (IQR) | |||
| REALM Estimate of Health Literacy | 7 (7;7) | ||
| General Numeracy Scale Score | 7 (5.75;9) | ||
| Practice level | |||
| Attending physician | 16 (55%) | ||
| Resident, fellow, APP | 13 (45%) | ||
| Years of practice | 14 (8%) | ||
| Clinician specialty | |||
| Neurocritical Care | 6 (21%) | ||
| Med/Surg Critical Care | 6 (21%) | ||
| Internal Medicine | 8 (28%) | ||
| Trauma Surgery | 1 (3%) | ||
| Other (Nephrology, neurosurgery, general surgery, palliative care, anesthesia) | 8 (28%) |