Table 1.
Characteristics of participating family members and clinicians
| Characteristic | Count |
|---|---|
| Family members | 21 |
| Sex, F, n (%) | 16 (76) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 56 (13.8) |
| Race, n (%) | |
| White | 20 (95) |
| Black | 1 (5) |
| Relationship to patient, n (%) | |
| Spouse | 10 (47) |
| Child | 7 (33) |
| Parent | 3 (14) |
| Sibling | 1 (5) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| High school graduate or less | 5 (24) |
| Associate’s degree/some college | 7 (33) |
| Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree | 9 (43) |
| Comfort with technology, mean (SD) | 7.1 (2.3) |
| Types of communication, n (%) | |
| Phone with clinicians | 21 (100) |
| Phone with patient | 1 (5) |
| Video with clinicians | 11 (52) |
| Video with patient | 11 (52) |
| Clinicians | 14 |
| Sex, F, n (%) | 5 (36) |
| Years in specialty, mean (range) | 7.4 (1–30) |
| Clinician type, n (%) | |
| Attending physician | 3 (21) |
| Fellow | 5 (36) |
| Resident | 3 (21) |
| Nurse | 3 (21) |
| Medical specialty, n* | |
| Critical care | 6 |
| Neurology | 3 |
| Emergency medicine | 3 |
| Other (anesthesia, medicine, surgery, or neurosurgery) | 4 |
Definition of abbreviation: SD = standard deviation.
*
The specialty count total for physicians is greater than the total of participating physicians because specialty count includes physicians with training in multiple specialties.