. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 16.

Published in final edited form as: J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2012 May 1;14(3):238–243. doi: 10.1097/njh.0b013e318243920c

Table 3.

Trust in Physicians by End of Life Decision^a

	AA Trust in Physicians Scale score

Decision	Mean	SD	p
Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation
will use	149	22.7	0.77
will not use	151.7	28.8
Mechanical Ventilation
will use	150	15.5	0.00
will not use	146.4	30.2
Tube Feeding
will use	146.9	20.7	0.02
will not use	150.4	32

Scale Score Range = 38 to 190; 190 = greatest trust; 38 = lowest trust.