Table 4 Percentage of baseline survey responders, by whether or not they responded to the follow-up survey, who reported having had different end of life conversations a baseline, and mean difference, on a scale of 1 to 10, in how comfortable they reported feeling about such conversations
From: Discussing end of life wishes – the impact of community interventions?
Had the conversation | Mean difference in how comfortable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Topic of Conversation | Follow-up Responder | Follow-up Non-responder | P-value | Responder/non responder | P-value |
Own end of life care | 85/140 (61%) | 167/355 (47%) | 0.006 | 0.642 | 0.001 |
Own wishes for after your death | 96/140 (69%) | 189/349 (54%) | 0.003 | 0.613 | 0.001 |
Another person’s end of life care | 97/141 (69%) | 166/351 (47%) | < 0.001 | 0.737 | < 0.001 |
Another person’s wishes for after their death | 94/140 (47%) | 160/344 (67%) | < 0.001 | 0.648 | 0.002 |