Table 5. Family Responses to Physician Unburied and Buried Empathetic Statements.
| Family Response Theme | No. (%) | P Valuea | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unburied Empathy (n = 224) | Buried Empathy (n = 140) | |||
| Alliance response | 160 (71) | 17 (12) | ||
| Deepen | 95 (59) | 11 (65) | <.001 | 18 (10.1-32.4) |
| Gratitude | 26 (16) | 1 (6) | ||
| Agreement | 25 (16) | 5 (29) | ||
| Mourning | 14 (9) | 0 (0) | ||
| Cognitive response | 57 (26) | 69 (49) | NA | NA |
| No response | 7 (3) | 54 (39) | NA | NA |
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.
a
Differences between family responses to physician buried vs unburied empathetic statements were calculated using Pearson χ2 analysis with 2-sided α of .05.