Table 1.
Breaking of bad news in a Nigerian neurosurgical service: comparison of the admission diagnoses of the patients and contemporary patients’ relations surveyed.
| Admission diagnosis | Patients | Relations | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| N = 109 (%) | N = 114 (%) | ||
| Traumatic quadriplegia | 47 (43.1) | 44 (38.6) | |
| Traumatic paraplegia | 22 (20.2) | 28 (24.6) | |
| Quad/paraplegia (others)* | 17 (15.6) | 16 (14.0) | |
| Benign brain tumor | 13 (11.9) | 19 (16.7) | |
| Malignant brain tumor | 10 (9.2) | 7 (6.1) | 0.664 |
*Quad or paraplegia from other causes like neoplasms or inflammatory diseases of the spinal column and cord.