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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Educ. 2011 Mar;26(1):82–91. doi: 10.1007/s13187-010-0146-2

Table 1.

Post-intervention student satisfaction with the advance care planning method

Item Decision aid
group (n=60)
Standard
group (n=56)
P valuea
How satisfied were you with the [advance care planning method] in terms of: Mean (95% C.I.) (1=very dissatisfied, 5=very satisfied)
  Helping the patient explore his/her values 4.1 (3.9, 4.3) 3.2 (2.9, 3.5) <0.01
  Helping the patient to thoroughly document his/her wishes 4.0 (3.8, 4.2) 3.1 (2.8, 3.4) <0.01
  Helping you learn about the patient’s wishes 4.2 (4.1, 4.4) 3.6 (3.3, 3.9) <0.01
  Helping you discuss end-of-life care with the patient 4.2 (4.0, 4.4) 3.5 (3.3, 3.8) <0.01
a

P values from a Wilcoxon Rank Sum test