Table 3.

Comparison of pre‐, post‐ and follow‐up jury questionnaire responses to rating Likert questions for both juries

Questions	Jury	Times	Frequencies of answers (row %)						Medians (pre‐ to post‐jury)	P‐value*	Medians (post‐ to follow‐up jury)	P‐value*
			Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of little importance	Not important at all	Total
Age	Northern Alberta	Pre‐jury	7 (44)	3 (19)	4 (25)	2 (13)	0	16 (100)	2 to 2	0.96	2 to 2	0.47
		Post‐jury	5 (31)	7 (44)	3 (19)	0	1 (6)	16 (100)
		Follow‐up	7 (44)	4 (25)	3 (19)	1 (6)	1 (6)	16 (100)
	Southern Alberta	Pre‐jury	3 (20)	5 (33)	5 (33)	1 (7)	1 (7)	15 (100)	2 to 1	0.08	1 to 2	0.34
		Post‐jury	8 (53)	2 (13)	5 (33)	0	0	15 (100)
		Follow‐up	5 (33)	4 (27)	6 (40)	0	0	15 (100)
Current health/severity of illness	Northern Alberta	Pre‐jury	5 (31)	7 (44)	4 (25)	0	0	16 (100)	2 to 2	0.48	2 to 2	0.32
		Post‐jury	4 (25)	7 (44)	4 (25)	1 (6)	0	16 (100)
		Follow‐up	3 (19)	11 (69)	2 (13)	0	0	16 (100)
	Southern Alberta	Pre‐jury	3 (20)	10 (67)	2 (13)	0	0	15 (100)	2 to 2	0.56	2 to 2	0.61
		Post‐jury	7 (47)	6 (40)	1 (7)	1 (7)	0	15 (100)
		Follow‐up	6 (40)	6 (40)	2 (13)	1 (7)	0	15 (100)
Imminence of death	Northern Alberta	Pre‐jury	7 (44)	7 (44)	2 (13)	0	0	16 (100)	2 to 2	0.45	2 to 2	0.78
		Post‐jury	6 (38)	6 (38)	4 (25)	0	0	16 (100)
		Follow‐up	7 (44)	6 (38)	4 (25)	0	0	16 (100)
	Southern Alberta	Pre‐jury	6 (40)	6 (40)	2 (13)	1 (7)	0	15 (100)	2 to 2	0.83	2 to 2	0.71
		Post‐jury	5 (33)	7 (46)	2 (13)	1 (7)	0	15 (100)
		Follow‐up	5 (33)	7 (47)	3 (20)	0	0	15 (100)
Health gain/improvement	Northern Alberta	Pre‐jury	9 (56)	5 (31)	2 (13)	0	0	16 (100)	1 to 1	0.08	1 to 1	0.32
		Post‐jury	13 (81)	3 (19)	0	0	0	16 (100)
		Follow‐up	12 (75)	3 (19)	3 (19)	0	0	16 (100)
	Southern Alberta	Pre‐jury	7 (47)	6 (40)	2 (13)	0	0	15 (100)	2 to 1	0.10	1 to 1	0.66
		Post‐jury	9 (60)	6 (40)	0	0	0	15 (100)
		Follow‐up	9 (60)	5 (33)	1 (7)	0	0	15 (100)

*Wilcoxon signed rank test.