Table 2.

Survey respondent demographics

	Neuro ICU	MICU
Characteristic	n (%)	n (%)
Total	79	45
Female	50 (63.3)	29 (64.4)
Race
White	67 (84.8)	34 (75.6)
Black	1 (1.3)	2 (4.4)
Asian	1 (1.3)	1 (2.2)
Health care proxy	50 (63.3)	28 (62.2)
Relationship to patient
Child	34 (43.0)	17 (37.8)
Spouse	26 (32.9)	17 (37.8)
Parent	10 (12.7)	4 (8.9)
Sibling	5 (6.3)	2 (4.4)
Partner	1 (1.3)	4 (8.9)
English as first language	69 (87.3)	37 (82.2)
Level of education
High school	9 (11.4)	8 (17.8)
College	41 (51.9)	17 (37.8)
Graduate degree	17 (21.5)	12 (26.7)
Commute time to hospital
Less than 30 minutes	26 (32.9)	17 (37.8)
30 minutes to 1 hour	26 (32.9)	16 (35.6)
Greater than 1 hour	20 (25.3)	4 (8.9)
Prior experience with family member admitted to an ICU	44 (55.7)	27 (60.0)
Living with patient prior to admission	39 (49.4)	26 (57.8)
If respondent not living with patient, frequency of seeing patient prior to admission
More than weekly	12 (30.0)	7 (36.8)
Weekly	10 (25.0)	3 (15.8)
Monthly	8 (20.0)	3 (15.8)
Yearly	7 (17.5)	4 (21.1)
Number of “core” family members visiting patient in hospital
1 (respondent only)	4 (5.1)	6 (13.3)
2–3	34 (43.0)	15 (33.3)
4–6	26 (32.9)	15 (33.3)
Greater than 6	7 (8.9)	3 (6.7)
Hours per day spent by respondent with patient in hospital
Less than 1	0 (0)	1 (2.2)
1	3 (3.8)	1 (2.2)
2	8 (10.1)	4 (8.9)
3	8 (10.1)	5 (11.1)
Greater than 3	53 (67.1)	28 (62.2)
Number of formal family meetings during patient’s ICU admission
0	36 (45.6)	16 (35.6)
1	8 (10.1)	9 (20.0)
2	8 (10.1)	1 (2.2)
3	6 (7.6)	2 (4.4)
Greater than 3	12 (15.2)	10 (22.2)

Responses of “Other” and blank responses are not shown in table. This percentage for any given question did not exceed 18.0%.