Table 2.
Evaluator Characteristicsa
| Characteristic | Patients
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Family Members
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Clinicians
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| Intervention
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Control
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Intervention
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Control
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| Data Available, No. |
Statistic | Data Available, No. |
Statistic | Data Available, No. |
Statistic | Data Available, No. |
Statistic | Data Available, No. |
Statistic | |
| Site, No. (%) | 771 | 946 | 412 | 486 | 890 | |||||
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| University of Washington | 449 (58) | 508 (54) | 184 (45) | 194 (40) | 525 (59) | |||||
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| Medical University of South Carolina | 322 (42) | 438 (46) | 228 (55) | 292 (60) | 365 (41) | |||||
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| Age, mean (SD), y | 771 | 64.9 (14.4) | 946 | 65.6 (14.1) | 387 | 56.8 (13.7) | 463 | 56.6 (13.5) | 866 | 40.6 (11.3) |
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| Women, No. (%) | 771 | 316 (41) | 946 | 412 (44) | 406 | 299 (74) | 477 | 353 (74) | 890 | 567 (64) |
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| Racial/ethnic minority, No. (%) | 770 | 256 (33) | 946 | 301 (32) | 390 | 124 (32) | 468 | 144 (31) | 843 | 177 (21) |
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| Married/partnered, No. (%)b | 740 | 370 (50) | 912 | 451 (49) | 393 | 191 (49) | 465 | 227 (49) | ||
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| Education level, No. (%) | 743 | 909 | 388 | 464 | ||||||
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| ≤8th grade | 43 (6) | 72 (8) | 8 (2) | 7 (2) | ||||||
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| Some high school | 70 (9) | 110 (12) | 23 (6) | 32 (7) | ||||||
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| High school diploma/GED | 149 (20) | 214 (24) | 76 (20) | 90 (19) | ||||||
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| Some college | 253 (34) | 268 (29) | 135 (35) | 183 (39) | ||||||
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| 4-y college degree | 123 (17) | 127 (14) | 82 (21) | 86 (19) | ||||||
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| Postcollege study | 105 (14) | 118 (13) | 64 (16) | 66 (14) | ||||||
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| Income level, No. (%), $c | 652 | 803 | ||||||||
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| <500 | 41 (6) | 53 (7) | ||||||||
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| 501–1000 | 141 (22) | 164 (20) | ||||||||
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| 1001–1500 | 77 (12) | 113 (14) | ||||||||
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| 1501–2000 | 69 (11) | 76 (9) | ||||||||
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| 2001–3000 | 84 (13) | 92 (11) | ||||||||
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| 3001–4000 | 69 (11) | 97 (12) | ||||||||
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| ≥4001 | 171 (26) | 208 (26) | ||||||||
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| Outpatient, No. (%) | 771 | 195 (25) | 946 | 237 (25) | ||||||
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| Comorbidities, No. (%) | 771 | 946 | ||||||||
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| Cancer | 188 (24) | 222 (23) | ||||||||
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| COPD | 60 (8) | 73 (8) | ||||||||
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| Other lung disease | 10 (1) | 8 (1) | ||||||||
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| CHF | 91 (12) | 91 (10) | ||||||||
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| End-stage liver disease | 59 (8) | 67 (7) | ||||||||
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| Patient died, No. (%)d | 412 | 67 (16) | 486 | 76 (16) | ||||||
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| Clinician type, No. (%) | 890 | |||||||||
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| MD, OD, NP, PA | 447 (50) | |||||||||
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| RN, LPN, health technician | 443 (50) | |||||||||
Abbreviations: CHF, congestive heart failure; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GED, General Educational Development; LPN, licensed practical nurse; MD, medical doctor; NP, nurse practitioner; OD, doctor of osteopathy; PA, physician assistant; RN, registered nurse.
Table based on the 1717 unduplicated patients, 898 unduplicated family members, and 890 unduplicated clinician-evaluators who returned 1 or more usable surveys. The clinicians could not be divided into intervention and control groups, because a clinician-evaluator could evaluate trainees from both randomization groups.
For patients, this variable indicates marital status; for family members, it indicates whether the family respondent was the patient’s spouse or partner.
Monthly pretax household income from all sources.
Patient’s death occurred before family respondent completed survey.