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. 2021 May 3;12:608973. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.608973

Table 5.

Types of intervention.

EOL Communication of a death
COVID-19 Other pathologies Total COVID-19 Other pathologies Total
Number of interventions n = 123 n = 81 N = 204 n = 26 n = 1 N = 27
Case type 54,3% 38,2% 92.5% 7% 0.5% 7.5%
Average interventions by case 1,22 (0.48) 1.14 (0.4) 1.19 (0.45) 2 (1) 1 1.93 (1)
Intervention type
Face-to-face 44.2% 32% 76.2% 50% 7.1% 57.1%
Telephone 14.5% 9.3% 23.8% 42.9% 0% 42.9%
Shift
Day shift 46.5% 24.4% 70.9% 92.9% 7.1% 100%
Night shift 12.2% 16.9% 29.1% 0% 0% 0%
Localization
Hospitalization 22.1% 18.6% 40.7% 28.6% 7.1% 35.7%
ICU 24.4% 11.1% 35.5% 64.3% 0% 64.3%
Emergency department 12.2% 11.6% 23.8% 0% 0% 0%
Day of intervention
Day of death 34.6% 26.5% 61.1%
One day before death 11.1% 6.2% 17.3%
Other 13.6% 8% 21.6%
Moment of intervention
Before death 33.8% 18.9% 52.7%
After death 14.9% 16.9% 31.8%
Both 10.8% 4.7% 15.5%

ICU, intensive care unit.