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. 2024 Nov 9;24:1285. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-06304-2

Table 1.

Analysis of correct responses in pre-test and post-test multiple-choice questions (n = 166)

Multiple-choice question items Pretest
n (%)
Posttest
n (%)
p value
Q1: According to the Hospice Palliative Care Act, if a patient is unable to express their wishes and if their adult family members do not prefer cardiopulmonary resuscitation for the patient, what is the “priority order” for the nearest relatives?

104

(62.7)

119

(71.7)

0.007*
Q2: Which of the following regarding ‘not performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ and ‘terminating or withdrawing cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ for terminally ill patients is correct? 82 (49.4) 90 (54.2) <0.001*
Q3: According to the Patient Autonomy Act, which description of a medical proxy is correct? 22 (13.3) 29 (17.5) 0.001*
Q4: According to the Patient Autonomy Act, who should be involved in advance medical care consultations before advance medical decisions are made? 98 (59.0) 105 (63.3) <0.001*
Q5: According to the Patient Autonomy Act, when advance medical directives are in place, in which of the following clinical conditions may health-care institutions or physicians terminate life-sustaining treatment in accordance with the patient’s advance medical directives? 42 (25.3) 63 (38.0) <0.001*
Q6: According to the Patient Autonomy Act, who can establish advance medical directives? 108 (65.1) 112 (67.5) <0.001*
Q7: Which of the following descriptions of “advance medical directives” and “advance care planning and health-care decision-making documents” is correct? 32 (19.3) 36 (21.7) 0.113
Q8: When discussing the Patient Autonomy Act, which of the following issues is not often compared with? 82 (49.4) 85 (51.2) <0.001*

*: Indicates a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05)