Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of Interviewed FDM and Patient
| Characteristic | Refused n = 90 (32.6%) M (sd) |
Authorized n = 186 (67.4%) M (sd) |
t-test (p-value) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 45.4 (15.2) | 45.2 (15.1) | .30 (.70) |
| Education (years) | 13.8 (2.2) | 13.6 (2.5) | .50 (.46) |
| n (%) | n (%) | χ2 (p-value) | |
| Female | 64 (71.1) | 140 (75.3) | .54 (.46) |
| Marital status | 4.5 (.10) | ||
| Never Married/Single | 33 (36.7) | 46 (24.7) | |
| Married/Cohabit | 45 (50.0) | 105 (56.4) | |
| Divorced/Separated | 35 (18.8) | 12 (13.3) | |
| Household Income | .13 (.90) | ||
| <$30,000 | 43 (47.8) | 93 (50.0) | |
| $30,000–70,000 | 30 (33.3) | 60 (32.3) | |
| >$70,000 | 17 (18.9) | 33 (17.7) | |
| M (sd) | M (sd) | ||
| Patient Age (years) | 42.9 (18.3) | 43.7 (19.0) | 0.12 (.73) |
| FDM assessment of how caring and concerned the primary hospital HCP was | 5.8 (1.6) | 6.3 (1.3) | 2.18 (.03)* |
| n (%) | n (%) | χ2 (p-value) | |
| Patient Female | 41 (45.6) | 77 (41.8) | .34 (.56) |
| DCD case (yes) | 14 (15.6) | 12 (6.4) | 5.9 (.01)** |
| Timely referral (no) | 13 (14.4) | 21 (11.35) | 0.63 (.73) |
| Family initiated (yes) | 2 (2.2) | 5 (2.7) | 0.05 (.81) |
| FDM spoke with hospital staff about organ donation (yes) | 32 (35.6) | 96 (51.6) | 6.3 (.01)** |