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. 2015 Aug 28;5(8):e008800. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008800

TableĀ 2.

Time taken by advance care planning facilitator

Non-English speaking background (NESB)
English-speaking background (ESB) (n=62)* p Value (NESB/ESB)
Greek (n=24)* Italian (n=23)* p Value Greek/Italian Total (n=47)*
Number of visits: median (IQR) 2.0 (1.00) 2.0 (2.00) 0.51 2.0 (1.0) 2.0 (1.25) 0.26
Total time (minutes)median(IQR) 75 (38) 75 (90) 0.64 75 (75) 75 (78) 0.29

*Only patients who had an ACP discussion are included. Of all the patients offered ACP 3 patients, (1 in each language group declined ACP).

ACP, advance care planning.