TABLE 3.

Agreement Among Staff Regarding Perceptions About Patient Management

Question and Applicable Groups	Overall		Full-Care Group		LST-L Group
	κ (95% CI)	p a	κ (95% CI)	p a	κ (95% CI)	p a
Physicians vs. nursing teamb
Consensus about ICU admission	0.01 (–0.15 to 0.17)	0.90	–0.06 (–0.17 to 0.05)	0.30	0.05 (–0.18 to 0.27)	0.70
Consensus about LST-L					0.07 (–0.13 to 0.27)	0.50
ICU management optimal	0.18 (–0.07 to 0.43)	0.15	0.25 (–0.14 to 0.64)	0.20	0.15 (–0.14 to 0.44)	0.30
Two physicians involved in caring for the same patient
Appropriateness of ICU admission	0.56 (0.27–0.84)	< 0.01	0.42 (–0.17 to 1)	0.16	0.57 (0.25–0.90)	< 0.01

LST-L = life-supporting treatment limitation.

^aKappa test.

^bNurses and nursing assistants.