Table 1.
Characteristics of Surveysa (N = 36), End-of-Life Survey Scan, 2006
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Setting (n) | |
| National | 8 |
| State | 10 |
| Community | 4 |
| Hospital | 9 |
| Hospice | 4 |
| Nursing Home | 1 |
| Sample (n) | |
| Public | 20 |
| Patient group | 5 |
| Family members | 11 |
| Mode of administration (n) | |
| In person | 14 |
| Telephone | 13 |
| Written | 8 |
| Telephone and written | 1 |
| Total no. of end-of-life survey items | 1495b |
| Items abstracted (n) | 333 |
| Response type (no. of survey items) | |
| Yes/no | 133 |
| Multiple choice | 111 |
| Rating | 37 |
| Likert scale | 42 |
| Open-ended | 10 |
| Perspective (no. of items) | |
| Prospective | 159 |
| Retrospective | 174 |
| Overarching categories (no. of items) | |
| Knowledge | 16 |
| Attitudes | 124 |
| Behavior | 57 |
| Situation | 136 |
a
Surveys retrieved through searches of the Internet and published and "gray" (articles, technical reports, newsletters, or other documents produced by governmental agencies, academic institutions, and other groups not indexed or distributed by commercial publishers) literature, as well as from experts. The list of 36 surveys is available on request from the authors.
b
Range was 4 to 126 items per survey.