Determinants of care outcomes for patients who die in hospital in Ireland: a retrospective study

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Table 3 Agreement (%) between nurses, doctors & relatives on care outcomes

Care outcomes	Nurses doctors relatives %	Nurses & doctors %	Doctors & relatives %	Nurses & relatives %
Acceptability of death	68	82	82	73
Patient care	19	39	39	35
Symptom experience	NA*	NA*	NA*	67
Symptom management	25	45	45	44
Support for family	25	45	45	44

Based on subset of patients (N = 312) with responses for nurses, doctors and relatives. Level of agreement was measured using a 4-point scale to minimise the risk of over-estimating the level of agreement or disagreement.
*NA = Not available because this data was collected from nurses and relatives only.

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