TABLE 1 ].
Analytic Codes and Their Definitions
| Code | Definition |
|---|---|
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| Relevance | |
| Irrelevant | Religion and spirituality not relevant to shared decision-making or to participant personally |
| Relevant | Religion and spirituality relevant |
| Medical | Religion and spirituality relevant to shared decision-making |
| Personal | Religion and spirituality relevant personally |
| SDM impact | Impact of religion and spirituality on shared decision-making |
| Hope | Hope, faith, or belief for a positive outcome |
| Acceptance | Acceptance of medical situation, including poor prognosis and suffering |
| Miracle | Discussions about miracles or defying possibility |
| Other | Shared decision-making impacts not captured by above child codes |
| Personal impact | Statements about how religion and spirituality affected the individual personally during ICU stay |
| Positive | Positive impacts: resiliency, coping, peace, comfort |
| Negative | Negative impacts: disagreement with family, bearing burden of suffering |
| Request/Prayer | Statements about prayers or requests to a higher figure |
| Locus of Control | Discussion about who the participant believes is in control of their loved one’s outcome |
| Religious | God is in control |
| Medical | The doctors are in control |
| Other | Mixed statements (eg, God acts through doctors) or other statements |
| Religious Icons | Statements about religious icons (eg, Bible, Qur’an, scripture, crucifix) relevant to ICU stay |
| Worship Areas | Discussions about worship areas or spiritual places relevant to ICU stay |
| Relationship with providers | Including communication with providers and relationship with providers (defined as any hospital personnel: doctor, nurse, chaplain, service staff) |
| Shared identities | How the existence (or lack of) shared identities with clinicians affect shared decision-making or relationship with clinicians |
| Faith discussions | Whether discussions with provider or nurse about faith happened |
| Suggestions | Suggestions about how clinicians or hospitals can support religion and spirituality needs |
| Support | |
| Hospital | Statements about religion and spirituality support resources from the hospital regardless of whether they were used |
| Community | Religion and spirituality support from community, eg, friends, church, and so on (excluding family) |
| Family | Religion and spirituality support from family |
| Other | Other sources of support |
| Accessibility | Including how accessible the ICU team were and the faith-based resources (eg, time availability and distance) |