Table 3.

Awareness of the imminence of death and acceptance of dying (n = 213; excluding unconscious patients (n = 67))

		Patient aware of the imminence of deatha				P valueb
		Yes		No
		N	%	N	%
		118		36
Patient in peace with dying	Yes		85		56	0.000
	No		15		44
		120		44
During the last 3 days, patient felt that life had been worth living	Yes		72		50	0.009
	No		28		50

^aExcluding patients for whom awareness was unknown (N = 25)/missing (n = 1)

^bChi-square test