Table 2 Status of the introduction of ACPs for patients in ICUs
Intensivist | Surgeon | ICU nurse | Floor nurse | Outpatient nurse | P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
ACP support | |||||||||||
I did. | 25 | 20.2 | 9 | 15.3 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 11.4 | 17 | 15.6 | 0.0189 |
Who supported the ACP? | |||||||||||
Intensivists | 42 | 73.7 | 1 | 5.9 | 15 | 8.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Surgeons | 22 | 38.6 | 11 | 64.7 | 21 | 11.5 | 13 | 10.6 | 9 | 8.3 | |
Nurses | 7 | 12.3 | 2 | 11.8 | 30 | 16.4 | 6 | 4.9 | 3 | 2.8 | |
Palliative care team | 3 | 5.3 | 1 | 5.9 | 6 | 3.3 | 4 | 3.3 | 2 | 1.8 | |
Transition of patients’ treatment preferences and decisions a | |||||||||||
Medical information and discharge plans | 110 | 88.7 | 50 | 84.7 | 144 | 78.7 | 86 | 69.9 | 70 | 64.2 | < 0.001 |
Treatment desired by the patient | 77 | 62.1 | 30 | 50.8 | 128 | 69.9 | 84 | 68.3 | 64 | 58.7 | 0.035 |
Desired place for recovery | 32 | 25.8 | 20 | 33.9 | 49 | 26.8 | 67 | 54.5 | 51 | 46.8 | < 0.001 |
Patient’s values, and something to live for | 32 | 25.8 | 8 | 13.6 | 50 | 27.3 | 31 | 25.2 | 33 | 30.3 | 0.218 |
Process leading to treatment decision | 37 | 29.8 | 8 | 13.6 | 54 | 29.5 | 27 | 22.0 | 26 | 23.9 | 0.081 |
Surrogate decision-maker | 48 | 38.7 | 10 | 16.9 | 65 | 35.5 | 38 | 30.9 | 19 | 17.4 | < 0.001 |
I won’t give you any information | 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.7 | 3 | 2.4 | 6 | 5.5 | 0.377 |
Other | 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 4.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.9 | |