Table 4.
Correlation between communication experiences with healthcare providers and each satisfaction factor in the decision-making process of selecting an end-of-the life care place.
| Communication experiences | Satisfaction with decision-making |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family’s support | Friends’ support∗ | Peer support | Relationship with physicians∗ | Relationship with nurses | Information∗ | Explanation by physician∗ | Explanation by nurses | Thought as oneself∗ | Participation in the decision∗ | |
| I could fully discuss what I did not understand. | 0.077 | 0.117‡ | 0.273‡ | 0.463‡ | 0.395‡ | 0.490‡ | 0.500‡ | 0.441‡ | 0.283‡ | 0.283‡ |
| They listened to my specific concerns and feelings about what to do in the future. | 0.028 | 0.148† | 0.191‡ | 0.488‡ | 0.398‡ | 0.443‡ | 0.519‡ | 0.450‡ | 0.251‡ | 0.271‡ |
| I could consult with them in accordance with their mental preparation process. | 0.094 | 0.226‡ | 0.233‡ | 0.406‡ | 0.348‡ | 0.404‡ | 0.452‡ | 0.408‡ | 0.233‡ | 0.286‡ |
| Choosing an EOLC place and discontinuing treatment for cancer were discussed simultaneously. | 0.127† | 0.077 | 0.002 | 0.097 | 0.107 | 0.050 | 0.162‡ | 0.138† | 0.180‡ | 0.176‡ |
| We talked, specifically, about what I could do as a future goal. | 0.079 | 0.188‡ | 0.136† | 0.460‡ | 0.336‡ | 0.349‡ | 0.479‡ | 0.405‡ | 0.234‡ | 0.272‡ |
| I could discuss the latest treatment. | 0.090 | 0.157† | 0.242‡ | 0.302‡ | 0.157† | 0.261‡ | 0.354‡ | 0.212‡ | 0.089 | 0.117 |
| We were told, “There was nothing we could do for the patient.” | −0.012 | −0.088 | −0.017 | −0.163† | −0.148† | −0.095 | −0.164† | −0.083 | −0.027 | −0.046 |
| We were told that the patient could be discharged when the condition improved and think about returning to the general ward for treatment. | −0.005 | −0.035 | 0.043 | 0.062 | 0.089 | 0.038 | 0.094 | 0.118 | −0.070 | −0.051 |
| We were told, “We will continue to provide medical care even after the patient moved to an EOLC place.” | 0.109 | 0.056 | 0.030 | 0.185‡ | 0.186‡ | 0.124† | 0.243‡ | 0.213‡ | 0.057 | 0.061 |
| The healthcare providers said, “I think this is the best choice.” | 0.102 | −0.043 | 0.047 | 0.079 | 0.076 | 0.065 | 0.130† | 0.057 | −0.001 | 0.038 |
Spearman's correlation coefficient was calculated to examine. The level of satisfaction with palliative care and the patient's age at death were used as adjustment factors.
∗: Satisfaction items that were significantly correlated with the bereaved families' regret scores, †: P < 0.05, ‡: P < 0.01.