Table 2.
The Implications of Hospice and Advanced Care Planning (ACP) (n = 218)
| Questions | Never n (%) |
Seldom n (%) |
Sometimes n (%) |
Often n (%) |
Always n (%) |
M ± SD | t | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. In clinical practice, physician______ discuss ACP actively | 4(1.8) | 56(25.7) | 123(56.4) | 34(15.6) | 1(0.5) | 2.87 ± 0.70 | −2.708 | 0.007 |
| 2. In my estimation, about ____ % of EOL patients have discussed ACP with clinicians in clinical practice | 1(0.5) | 74(33.9) | 114(52.3) | 28(12.8) | 1 (0.5) | 2.79 ± 0.68 | −4.583 | < 0.001 |
| 3. In my estimation, about ____ % of EOL patients have received critical care during the last month of their lives in clinical practice | 3(1.4) | 75(34.4) | 84(38.5) | 46(21.1) | 10(4.6) | 2.93 ± 0.89 | −1.141 | 0.255 |
| 4. In my estimation, about ____% of EOL patients received hospice care in clinical practice | 1(0.5) | 33(15.1) | 118(54.1) | 63(28.9) | 3(1.4) | 3.16 ± 0.70 | 3.284 | 0.001 |
Note: EOL, end of life; these four questions were assessed with a Likert scale of 1 never to 5 always