TABLE 3.
Frequency of Prognosis Communication Codes in Serial Medical
| Code | Recorded Dialogue in the Setting of Improving, Stable, or Equivocal Disease | Recorded Dialogue in the Setting of Unequivocal Disease Progression | Totals | ||||
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| Frequency (%) | Time, min | Frequency (%) | Time, min | Frequency (%) | Time, min | % Total (for min) | |
| Understanding prognosis | 9 (7.1) | 00:52.0 | 35 (8.1) | 5:12.6 | 44 (79) | 6:04.6 | 0.2 |
| Prognostic uncertainty | 66 (52.0) | 10:55.6 | 84 (19.5) | 13:58.8 | 150 (26.9) | 24:54.4 | 1.0 |
| Change for worse | 36 (26.3) | 5:52.3 | 183 (42.6) | 30:49.8 | 219 (39.3) | 36:42.1 | 1.5 |
| Best versus worst | 5 (3.9) | 1:12.0 | 0 (0.0) | 0 | 5 (0.9) | 1:12.0 | 0.04 |
| Survival time | 0 (0.0) | 0 | 13 (3.0) | 2:07.5 | 13 (2.3) | 2:07.5 | 0.08 |
| Curability | 11 (8.7) | 2:13.8 | 115 (26.7) | 18:36.1 | 126 (22.6) | 20:49.9 | 0.9 |
| Total | 127 (100) | 21:05.7 | 430 (100) | 70:44.8 | 557 (100) | 91:50.5 | 3.8 |