Table 2 Sample characteristics
From: Valuing end-of-life care: translation and content validation of the ICECAP-SCM measure
General population (n = 5) | Residential care (n = 5) | End-of-life care patients (n = 5) | End-of-life care professionals (n = 5) | Total (n = 20) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female (n (%)) | 4 (80) | 4 (80) | 5 (100) | 5 (100) | 18 (90) |
Age (M (SD)) | 77 (3.67) | 77.6 (9.45) | 69.4 (3.85) | 50.4 (6.66) | 68.6 (12.7) |
Education (n (%)) | |||||
General elementary education | 0 | 0 | 1 (20) | 0 | 1 (5) |
Polytechnic secondary school | 2 (40) | 5 (100) | 2 (40) | 1 (20) | 10 (50) |
Advanced technical college certificate/Abitur or high school | 3 (60) | 0 | 2 (40) | 4 (80) | 9 (45) |
Level of professional education (n (%)) | |||||
None | 0 | 2 (40) | 0 | 0 | 2 (10) |
Still in education | 0 | 0 | 1 (20) | 0 | 1 (5) |
Vocational and occupational/ school apprenticeship | 2 (40) | 2 (40) | 1 (20) | 0 | 5 (25) |
Specialists/ technicians or master school | 2 (40) | 1 (20) | 1 (20) | 1 (20) | 5 (25) |
Polytechnic degree or university degree | 0 | 0 | 1 (20) | 2 (40) | 3 (15) |
Postgraduate degree or doctorate | 1 (20) | 0 | 1 (20) | 2 (40) | 4 (20) |
Familiarity with ‘health care and quality of life at the end of life’ (n (%)) | |||||
Not familiar at all | 0 | 0 | 2 (40) | 0 | 2 (10) |
Familiar | 5 (100) | 5 (100) | 3 (60) | 0 | 13 (65) |
Very familiar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (100) | 5 (25) |