Table 1.
Patients’ sample characteristics
| N | Measure | |
|---|---|---|
| Continuous variables | Mean (SD) | |
| Age, yr | 195 | 66.9 (15.2) |
| Length of ICU stay, d | 195 | 9.7 (10.6) |
| Categorical variables | n (%) | |
| Sex, male | 195 | 118 (60.5) |
| Race | 175 | |
| White | 122 (69.7) | |
| African American | 25 (14.3) | |
| Asian American | 23 (13.1) | |
| More than one | 5 (2.9) | |
| Ethnicity, Latino | 154 | 22 (14.3) |
| ICU | 195 | |
| SICU | 29 (14.9) | |
| CCU | 24 (12.3) | |
| MICU | 142 (72.8) | |
| DNR completion | 189 | 149 (78.8) |
| Advance directive completion | 160 | 96 (60.0) |
Definition of abbreviations: CCU = cardiac care unit; DNR = do not resuscitate; ICU = intensive care unit; MICU = medical intensive care unit; SD = standard deviation; SICU = surgical intensive care unit.
Reprinted by permission from Reference 41.