Table 3:
Descriptive statistics and results for FAMCARE questionnaire completed by family members of patients who received hospice palliative care from the Symptom Management Program
| Subscale (no. of items/maximum score) | Overall; mean score ± SD n = 96 |
Aggressive end-of-life care (any); mean score ± SD | p value | Death in acute care; mean score ± SD | p value | ||
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| No n = 86 |
Yes n = 10 |
No n = 68 |
Yes n = 28 |
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| Information giving (5/25) | 21.03 ± 3.39 | 21.26 ± 3.41 | 19.10 ± 2.60 | 0.02 | 20.88 ± 3.70 | 21.39 ± 2.50 | 0.95 |
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| Physical patient care (7/35) | 29.98 ± 3.88 | 30.17 ± 3.84 | 28.30 ± 3.97 | 0.1 | 29.75 ± 4.18 | 30.54 ± 3.01 | 0.6 |
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| Psychosocial care (4/20) | 17.24 ± 2.43 | 17.41 ± 2.41 | 15.80 ± 2.15 | 0.04 | 17.25 ± 2.59 | 17.21 ± 2.03 | 0.7 |
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| Availability of care (4/20) | 17.47 ± 2.53 | 17.66 ± 2.40 | 15.80 ± 3.12 | 0.02 | 17.34 ± 2.80 | 17.79 ± 1.75 | 0.8 |
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| Total (20/100) | 85.72 ± 11.11 | 86.50 ± 10.93 | 79.00 ± 10.94 | 0.03 | 85.22 ±12.09 | 86.93 ± 8.32 | 0.8 |
Note: SD = standard deviation.