TABLE 1.
Patient and Family Decision Maker Sociodemographics by Donation Decision
| Demographic Characteristic |
Consented to Donation (n = 1,015) |
Refused Donation (n = 403) |
|---|---|---|
| Patient | ||
| Age, mean years (SD)† | 55.1 (18.34) | 58.7 (18.20) |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 306 (30.1) | 139 (34.5) |
| Race‡ | ||
| Nonwhite | 104 (10.2) | 133 (33.0) |
| Family decision maker | ||
| Age, mean years (SD) | 51.4 (13.3) | 51.0 (13.6) |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 723 (71.2) | 306 (75.9) |
| Race‡ | ||
| Nonwhite | 78 (7.7) | 124 (30.8) |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 73 (7.2) | 34 (8.5) |
| Married/cohabit | 364 (35.9) | 141 (35.2) |
| Divorced/separated | 91 (9.0) | 48 (12.0) |
| Widowed | 486 (47.9) | 178 (44.4) |
| Religious affiliation† | ||
| Protestant | 492 (48.5) | 230 (57.1) |
| Catholic | 249 (24.5) | 75 (18.6) |
| Other | 144 (14.2) | 58 (14.4) |
| None | 130 (12.8) | 40 (9.9) |
| Household income‡ | ||
| <$30,000 | 226 (24.3) | 127 (36.2) |
| $30,000–59,999 | 322 (34.6) | 133 (37.9) |
| >$59,999 | 382 (41.1) | 91 (25.9) |
| Health-related occupation | ||
| Yes | 132 (13.0) | 55 (13.8) |
| Willing to donate own tissue‡ | ||
| Yes | 932 (91.8) | 208 (51.6) |
| Donor card signed‡ | ||
| Yes | 676 (66.6) | 129 (32.0) |
| Education, mean years (SD)‡ | 14.2 (2.4) | 13.5 (2.3) |
Values are count (percent) unless noted otherwise.
†
p < 0.01.
‡
p < 0.001.