Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Participants in the Verbal and Video Groups
| Characteristic | Verbal |
Video |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| No. of patients | 27 | 23 | 50 | |||
| Mean age, years | 51 | 56 | 54 | |||
| Standard deviation | 12 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Range | 32-72 | 47-77 | 32-77 | |||
| Female sex | 13 | 48.1 | 9 | 39.1 | 22 | 44.0 |
| White race | 24 | 88.9 | 22 | 95.7 | 46 | 92.0 |
| Education | ||||||
| Elementary | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.3 | 1 | 2.0 |
| High school | 5 | 18.5 | 5 | 21.7 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Some college | 4 | 14.8 | 2 | 8.7 | 6 | 12.0 |
| College graduate | 10 | 37.0 | 8 | 34.8 | 18 | 36.0 |
| Post-graduate | 8 | 29.6 | 7 | 30.4 | 15 | 30.0 |
| Religious affiliation | ||||||
| Christian (non-Catholic) | 10 | 37.0 | 10 | 43.5 | 20 | 40.0 |
| Catholic | 7 | 25.9 | 8 | 34.8 | 15 | 30.0 |
| Jewish | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.0 |
| Other | 9 | 33.3 | 5 | 21.7 | 14 | 28.0 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 3 | 11.1 | 2 | 8.7 | 5 | 10.0 |
| Married | 23 | 85.2 | 18 | 78.3 | 41 | 82.0 |
| Divorced | 1 | 3.7 | 3 | 13.0 | 4 | 8.0 |
| Advance directive* | ||||||
| Yes | 20 | 74.1 | 18 | 78.3 | 38 | 76.0 |
| Health status | ||||||
| Excellent/very good/good | 20 | 74.0 | 19 | 82.6 | 39 | 78.0 |
| Fair/poor | 7 | 26.0 | 4 | 17.4 | 11 | 22.0 |
| Type of brain tumor | ||||||
| Anaplastic astrocytoma | 9 | 33.3 | 4 | 17.4 | 13 | 26.0 |
| Glioblastoma | 17 | 63.0 | 19 | 82.6 | 36 | 72.0 |
| Anaplastic oligodendroglioma | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.0 |
| Desire for CPR at baseline | ||||||
| Yes | 8 | 29.6 | 8 | 34.8 | 16 | 32.0 |
| No | 14 | 51.9 | 11 | 47.8 | 25 | 50.0 |
| Uncertain | 5 | 18.5 | 4 | 17.4 | 9 | 18.0 |
| Mean knowledge score at baseline† | 3.78 | 3.39 | 3.60 | |||
| Standard deviation | 1.37 | 1.23 | 1.31 | |||
| Range | 0-6 | 1-6 | 0-6 | |||
Abbreviation: CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
*
Advance directive included those participants having designated a health-care proxy or having completed a living will, or both.
†
Knowledge score range (0 to 6); higher score indicates more knowledge.