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Table 5 Number and percentage of follow-up survey respondents who indicated that they had talked to close friends and family about end of life wishes, or comforted somebody who had been bereaved, at baseline and follow-up, and change between the two time points

From: Discussing end of life wishes – the impact of community interventions?

 

Before

Follow-up

Difference

P value

Awareness

How to

Total

Awareness

How to

Total

Awareness

How to

Total

Total

Own end of life care

59/99 (60%)

26/40 (65%)

85 (61%)

70/99 (71%)

27/40 (68%)

97 (70%)

11%

3%

9%

0.033

Own wishes for after your death

70/99 (71%)

26/40 (64%)

96 (69%)

79/99 (80%)

29/40 (73%)

108 (78%)

9%

9%

9%

0.033

Other’s wishes for end of life care

66/100 (66%)

29/39 (74%)

95 (68%)

68/100 (68%)

27/39 (69%)

95 (68%)

2%

−5%

0%

N/A

Other’s wishes for after their death

67/98 (68%)

24/39 (85%)

91 (66%)

67/98 (68%)

26/39 (74%)

93 (68%)

0%

2%

2%

0.44 (NS)

To comfort somebody who is bereaved

86/100 (86%)

36/39 (92%)

122 (88%)

83/100 (83%)

34/39 (87%)

118 (85%)

−3%

−5%

−3%

N/A