Table 3.
Recall of experiences talking with doctors and other health care professionals about ICDs
| A Lot n (%)a |
Some n (%) |
A Little n (%) |
Not at All n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How much did you and your doctors talk about the reasons to get an ICD? (n = 288) | 129 (44.8) | 103 (35.8) | 37 (12.8) | 19 (6.6) |
| How much did you and your doctors talk about he reasons not to get an ICD? (n = 287) | 41 (14.3) | 77 (26.8) | 57 (19.9) | 112 (39.0) |
| How much did you and your doctors talk about how you felt about getting an ICD? (n = 289) | 72 (24.9) | 98 (33.9) | 59 (20.4) | 60 (20.8) |
| How much did you and your doctors talk about how you felt about the possibility that your heart failure would continue to get worse? (n = 288) | 76 (26.4) | 97 (33.7) | 48 (16.7) | 67 (22.3) |
a
Totals may not equal 295 because of item non-response.