Table 3.
Nurse, caregiver, patient descriptive information.
| Caregivers N=42 |
Patients N=42 |
Nurses N=27 9 Hospices 3 States |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Age (years) | 56.7 (range 22–82) |
66.9 (range 38–98) |
45 (range 23–69) |
| Female | 26 | 19 | 26 |
| White | 38 | 40 | 25 |
| Black | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Other | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| (Hispanic) | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| LDS (Mormon) | 22 | 22 | 12 |
| Protestant | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Catholic | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Jewish | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| No religious affiliation | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Unknown | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hospice-Palliative Care Certification | 6 | ||
| Mean years of nursing experience | 16.5 (range 1.5 – 46) |
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| Mean years of hospice nursing experience | 5.8 (range <1 year–20) |
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|
Communication Effectiveness Overall 5 option Likert type format (not at all effective to very effective) |
missing: 1 | ||
| Very effective | 8 | ||
| Effective | 16 | ||
| Neutral (midway between not at all effective and very effective) | 2 | ||
| Communication Effectiveness when discussing difficult topics | missing: 1 | ||
| Very effective | 4 | ||
| Effective | 17 | ||
| Neutral (midway between not at all effective and very effective) | 5 | ||