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. 2014 Jun 26;146(6):1594–1603. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-0182

TABLE 2 ] .

Characteristics of Family and Nurse Responders

Characteristic Response
Family member characteristica n = 307
 Age at time survey was filled out, y 57.0 (SD, 17.0)
 Female 199 (64.8)
 Level of education
  < Eighth grade 3 (1.0)
  Some high school 12 (3.9)
  High school/GED 54 (17.6)
  Some college 138 (45.0)
  4 y college 54 (17.6)
  Graduate level 46 (15.0)
 Patient’s spouse 124 (40.4)
 Present at time of death 250 (81.4)
 FS-ICU score (n = 302) 81.3 (SD, 16.4)
 Family-assessed QODD-1 (n = 292) 6.4 (SD, 2.5)
Nurse characteristicb n = 254
 Age at time survey was filled out 39.5 (SD, 8.8)
 Female 196 (81.7)
 Nurse-assessed QODD-1 7.0 (SD, 2.7)

Data presented as mean (SD) or No. (%), unless otherwise indicated. FS-ICU = Family Satisfaction in the ICU; QODD-1 = Single-item quality of dying rating from the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire.

a

Family members who responded to FS-ICU and/or QODD-1.

b

Two hundred fifty-four individual nurses returned a total of 523 surveys; each nurse filled out an average of 2.0 (SD, 1.5) surveys for eligible patients.