Table 1.
Sample Characteristics and Family Conflict Means for Family Context Categorical Variables (N = 155)
| Family conflicta | ||
| M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| History of conflict | 0.38 (0.73) | |
| Age, years | 63 (12) | |
| N (%) | ||
| Less than 65 (b=1) | 76 (49.0) | 0.46 (0.56)* |
| 65+ (b=2) | 79 (51.0) | 0.20 (0.44) |
| Income, $ | ||
| Less than 15,000 | 18 (12.5) | 0.43 (0.58) |
| 15,000–29,999 | 33 (23.1) | 0.20 (0.46) |
| 30,000–49,999 | 56 (39.2) | 0.37 (0.51) |
| 50,000+ | 36 (25.2) | 0.42 (0.58) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 32 (20.6) | 0.32 (0.51) |
| Female | 123 (79.4) | 0.37 (0.55) |
| Race | ||
| Non-Hispanic White (b=2) | 150 (96.8) | 0.32 (0.51)* |
| African American | 5 (3.2) | 0.77 (0.56) |
| Relationship to patient | ||
| Spouse | 139 (89.7) | 0.31 (0.31)† |
| Adult child | 16 (10.3) | 0.53 (0.56) |
| Education | ||
| High school grad or less (b=3) | 97 (62.6) | 0.29 (0.50) |
| Some college | 38 (24.5) | 0.41 (0.53) |
| College or advanced degree | 20 (12.9) | 0.36 (0.59) |
| Advanced care planning | ||
| Pt. had DPAHC | ||
| No | 22 (14) | 0.22 (0.46) |
| Yes (b=1) | 133 (86) | 0.34 (0.53) |
| Pt. had living will | ||
| No | 29 (18.7) | 0.30 (0.59) |
| Yes (b=5) | 126 (81.3) | 0.34 (0.50 |
| Pt. expressed end-of-life care wishes | ||
| No (b=4) | 95 (61.3) | 0.24 (0.44)** |
| Yes | 60 (38.7) | 0.47 (0.60) |
| Locus of care | ||
| Pt. hospitalized prior to death | ||
| No | 68 (44.4) | 0.40 (0.55) |
| Yes | 85 (55.6) | 0.28 (0.49) |
| Pt. received hospice care | ||
| No | 48 (31.8) | 0.35 (0.50) |
| Yes | 103 (68.2) | 0.33 (0.53) |
Notes: Pt = patient.
a
p Values reported for F test or t tests for significant difference in family conflict.
bRefers to the number of missing respondents who were included in this category.
†p ≤ .10. *p ≤ .05. **p ≤ .01.