Table 3.
Questions | Jury | Times | Frequencies of answers (row %) | Medians (pre‐ to post‐jury) | P‐value* | Medians (post‐ to follow‐up jury) | P‐value* | |||||
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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.