Table 2.
Demographics for patients for whom family members responded to the survey and those patients for whom family members did not respond
| Patient Characteristics | Patients with a family survey returned (n=356) | Patients without a family survey returned (n=484) | P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean +/−SD) | 70.1 (15.9) | 68.1 (16.2) | 0.072 |
| # Female (%) | 147 (41.3) | 229 (47.3) | 0.083 |
| # Race (%)¶ | |||
| Caucasian | 278 (78.1) | 288 (59.5) | <0.001 |
| Black | 8 (2.2) | 42 (8.7) | <0.001 |
| Asian | 13 (3.7) | 46 (9.5) | 0.001 |
| Pacific Islander | 0 (0) | 12 (2.5) | <0.01 |
| Native American | 2 (0.6) | 6 (1.2) | 0.195 |
| Hispanic (%) | 4 (1.1) | 4 (0.8) | 0.05 |
| Other | 1 (0.3) | 5 (1.0) | 0.148 |
| # Insurance (%) | 0.514 | ||
| Private/commercial | 33 (9.3) | 38 (7.9) | |
| Government/public | 252 (70.8) | 346 (71.5) | |
| None, unknown | 71 (19.1) | 100 (20.7) | |
| # Admission Diagnosis (%)¶ | 0.02 | ||
| Cardiovascular events, illness | 69 (19.4) | 69 (14.3) | |
| Trauma | 41 (11.5) | 29 (6.0) | |
| Sepsis | 37 (10.4) | 53 (11.0) | |
| Respiratory failure/pulmonary disease | 33 (9.3) | 65 (13.4) | |
| Pneumonia | 27 (7.6) | 30 (6.2) | |
| #Comorbidities (%)¶ | |||
| Cardiovascular | 145 (40.7) | 191 (39.5) | 0.152 |
| Respiratory | 99 (27.8) | 149 (31.2) | 0.293 |
| Oncologic | 94 (26.4) | 110 (22.7) | 0.057 |
| Neurologic | 56 (15.7) | 86 (17.8) | <0.001 |
| Hepatic | 29 (8.1) | 44 (9.1) | 0.137 |
| Renal | 22 (6.2) | 44 (9.2) | 0.109 |
| Psychiatric | 110 (30.9) | 197 (40.7) | 0.001 |
| Length of ICU stay in days (median, IQR) | 2.79 (0.89, 7.06) | 2.38 (0.75, 5.8) | 0.0221 |
¶
More than one response could be entered per patient.