Table 2.

—Patient or Surrogate Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding CPR, Code Status Preferences, and Goals-of-Care Discussions

Knowledge or Attitude Measured	No.
Knowledge of what “CPR” stands for
Perceived knowledge	65
Actual knowledge	17
Knowledge of what treatments doctors use during CPR
Perceived knowledge	95
Actual knowledge of the three main components of CPR
Cardiac defibrillation	32
Chest compressions	71
Intubation with mechanical ventilation	7
Preferences regarding code status (verbatim text shown)
“In case your (your loved one’s) heart stopped beating or your (his/her) lungs stopped breathing, which would mean that you (he/she) were (was) dying, would you want your (his/her) physicians…”
“… to use defibrillation (that is, electricity) on your (his/her) chest to shock your (his/her) heart to make it start beating again?” [yes]	84
“… to use chest compressions (that is, to push up and down on your [his/her] chest) to try to keep the blood moving through your (his/her) body?” [yes]	83
“… to use intubation (that is, to have a tube placed through your [his/her] mouth and into your [his/her] windpipe) so that a breathing machine can then move air in and out of your (his/her) lungs?” [yes]	90
Patient code status as documented in medical record
Full code	85
Do not resuscitate	13
No documentation	2
Discussions with physician during current hospitalization, by patient/surrogate report
Discussion about CPR preferences	50
Discussion about at least one goal of care	51
Discussion about CPR preferences and at least one goal of care	28
No discussion about CPR preferences or at least one goal of care	27
Participant attitudes at end of interview
Believed it was helpful to talk about chances of surviving cardiac arrest after CPR	80
Believed it was helpful to talk about goals of care	71