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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Palliat Support Care. 2024 Feb;22(1):10–18. doi: 10.1017/S1478951523000901

Table 4.

Patient and caregiver prognostic understanding

Dyad Patient Pre Patient Post CG Pre CG Post
Terminal illness understanding
1 Accurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
2 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
3 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
4 Accurate Accurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
5 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate --
6 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
7 Accurate Inaccurate Accurate Accurate
8 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
9 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
10 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
11 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
12 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
13 Inaccurate Accurate Accurate Inaccurate
Life expectancy
1 Inaccurate Accurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
2 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
3 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
4 Inaccurate Accurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
5 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate --
6 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
7 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Accurate
8 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
9 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
10 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
11 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
12 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate
13 Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate

CG = caregiver