Table 4.
Communication categories of utterances used by hospice interdisciplinary team members and family caregivers during ACTIVE meetingsab
| RIAS Category | Team member
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| Medical Directors | Nurses | Social Workers | Chaplains | Caregivers | |||||||||||
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| M | R | % | M | R | % | M | R | % | M | R | % | M | R | % | |
| Education and counseling | 24% | 29% | 47.5% | 33% | 38% | ||||||||||
| Biomedical | .7 | 0–5 | 4.45 | 0–9 | .6 | 0–4 | .15 | 0–2 | 6.05 | 2–16 | |||||
| Psychosocial | .25 | 0–3 | .35 | 0–1 | 1.3 | 0–4 | .40 | 0–2 | 1.7 | 0–7 | |||||
| Data Gathering | 11% | 23% | 9% | 12% | 11% | ||||||||||
| Biomedical | .25 | 0–4 | 3.35 | 0–8 | .1 | 0–1 | .05 | 0–1 | 1.55 | 0–6 | |||||
| Psychosocial | .2 | 0–3 | .4 | 0–1 | .25 | 0–2 | .15 | 0–1 | .75 | 0–2 | |||||
| Building a relationship | 14% | 29% | 36% | 52% | 45% | ||||||||||
| Social | .1 | 0–1 | 1.6 | 0–5 | .5 | 0–3 | .4 | 0–2 | 2.7 | 1–6 | |||||
| Positive | .1 | 0–2 | 1.25 | 0–4 | .5 | 0–3 | .15 | 0–1 | 5.15 | 1–11 | |||||
| Emotional | .35 | 0–3 | 1.9 | 0–11 | .45 | 0–2 | .3 | 0–2 | 1.25 | 0–6 | |||||
| Negative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .15 | 0–3 | |||||
| Partnering | .15 | 0–3 | 4% | .8 | 0–4 | 4% | .15 | 0–2 | 4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | .3 | 0–1 | 2% |
| Procedural | .15 | 0–3 | 4% | .75 | 0–3 | 4.5% | .05 | 0–1 | 1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | .2 | 0–2 | 1% |
| Intra Team Communication | 1.7 | 0–10 | 43% | 1.75 | 0–8 | 10.5% | .1 | 0–1 | 2.5% | .05 | 0–1 | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Request for service | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | .55 | 0–4 | 3% |
M=mean, R=range
a
Team member totals do not include uninterpretable utterances, utterances related to technology, and utterances made by research staff and hospice administrators (n=255)
b
Caregiver totals do not include uninterpretable utterances and utterances related to technology (n=76)