Table 4.

Comparison of COVID ICUs and non-COVID ICUs for counseling team and process of informed consent

Variable	Change in policy	COVID ICU	Non-COVID ICU	Chi-square p value
Counseling team	No change	87 (41%)	39 (49.4%)	0.012
	Complete change	24 (11.3%)	7 (8.9%)
	Partial change	101 (47.6%)	33 (41.8%)
Informed consent	No change	74 (34.7%)	41 (51.9%)	0.008
	Complete change	134 (62.9%)	34 (43%)
	Partial change	5 (2.3%)	4 (5.1%)

p <0.05 significant. COVID-19, coronavirus disease-2019; ICU, intensive care unit