Table 6. End of life discussions, awareness and life closure according to relatives (N = 175).
| Without PCT consultation n (%) |
With PCT consultation n(%) |
X2 | P value† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient had discussed preferences for medical treatment at end of life with somebody. | Yes | 57 (62) | 59 (82) | 7.79 | 0.070 |
| No | 35 (38) | 13 (18) | |||
| Missing | 6 | 5 | |||
| Patient had discussed preferences for medical treatment at end of life with family | Yes | 58 (59) | 60 (78) | 6.89 | 0.117 |
| No | 40 (41) | 17 (22) | |||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | |||
| Patient had discussed preferences for medical care at end of life with a GP | Yes | 15 (16) | 27 (38) | 9.52 | 0.030 |
| No | 77 (84) | 45 (62) | |||
| Missing | 6 | 5 | |||
| Patient had discussed preferences for medical care at end of life with a medical specialist | Yes | 24 (26) | 27 (38) | 2.46 | 0.468 |
| No | 68 (74) | 45 (62) | |||
| Missing | 6 | 5 | |||
| Patient had discussed preferences for medical care at end of life with a nurse | Yes | 6 (7) | 9 (13) | 1.74 | 0.564 |
| No | 86 (93) | 63 (87) | |||
| Missing | 6 | 5 | |||
| Preferences were met? | Yes | 12 (48) | 13 (52) | 0.108 | 1.000 |
| No | 45 (52) | 42 (48) | |||
| Missing | 41 | 22 | |||
| Would the relatives preferred to have more discussions on preferences and medical treatment? | Yes | 23 (26) | 23 (32) | 1.02 | 1.000 |
| No | 48 (53) | 33 (46) | |||
| DK* | 19 (21) | 15 (21) | |||
| Missing | 8 | 6 | |||
| Patient was aware of imminent death | Yes | 20 (22) | 28 (39) | 7.02 | 0.270 |
| No | 60 (64) | 32 (45) | |||
| DK | 13 (14) | 11 (16) | |||
| Missing | 3 | 4 | |||
| At what moment was the patient aware of imminent death? | >72h | 7 (13) | 20 (35) | 7.95 | 0.216 |
| <72h | 32 (59) | 28 (49) | |||
| DK | 15 (28) | 9 (16) | |||
| Missing | 44 | 20 | |||
| Patient was able to say goodbye | Yes | 38 (40) | 39 (56) | 8.03 | 0.216 |
| No | 55 (59) | 27(39) | |||
| DK | 1 (1) | 4 (6) | |||
| Missing | 4 | 7 | |||
| Patient was at peace with imminent death | Yes | 34 (38) | 42 (57) | 6.81 | 0.297 |
| No | 28 (31) | 18 (25) | |||
| DK | 28 (31) | 13 (18) | |||
| Missing | 8 | 4 | |||
| Relative was aware of imminent death | Yes | 37 (40) | 43 (59) | 6.01 | 0.322 |
| No | 53 (58) | 28 (38) | |||
| DK | 2 (2) | 2 (3) | |||
| Missing | 6 | 4 | |||
| At what moment was the relative aware of imminent death? | >72h | 20 (32) | 30 (48) | 3.35 | 0.335 |
| <72h | 42 (68) | 32 (52) | |||
| Missing | 36 | 15 | |||
| Relative said goodbye to patient | Yes | 44 (46) | 44 (62) | 4.00 | 0.322 |
| No | 51 (54) | 27 (38) | |||
| Missing | 3 | 6 | |||
| Relative was present at moment of death | Yes | 71 (75) | 63 (88) | 4.21 | 0.320 |
| No | 24 (25) | 9 (12) | |||
| Missing | 3 | 5 | |||
† P-values were calculated using the Holm-Bonferroni method
*DK = don’t know