Table 2 Analysis of demographic and clinical characteristics for different DNRa document types
DNR document type | p | DNR document type | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CFb (%) | LOIc (%) | CF (%) | LOI (%) | ||||
Sex | 0.908 | Family meeting | 0.084 | ||||
Female | 229 (39.21) | 298 (39.52) | No | 430 (73.63) | 523 (69.36) | ||
Male | 355 (60.79) | 456 (60.48) | Yes | 154 (26.37) | 231 (30.64) | ||
Age group (Years) | < 0.001* | Hospice palliative care | < 0.001* | ||||
20–64 | 227 (38.87) | 372 (49.34) | No | 219 (37.50) | 101 (13.40) | ||
≥ 65 | 357 (61.13) | 382 (50.66) | Yes | 365 (62.50) | 653 (86.60) | ||
Highest education level | < 0.001* | Last admitted ward | < 0.001* | ||||
No formal education | 120 (20.55) | 86 (11.41) | Intensive care unit | 62 (10.62) | 16 ( 2.12) | ||
Primary to high school | 375 (64.21) | 523 (69.36) | Ordinary | 350 (59.93) | 343 (45.49) | ||
Diploma or above | 89 (15.24) | 145 (19.23) | Hospice | 172 (29.45) | 395 (52.39) | ||
Children number | < 0.001* | Last admission service specialty | < 0.001* | ||||
0 | 43 ( 7.36) | 91 (12.07) | Surgery | 124 (21.23) | 93 (12.33) | ||
1–2 | 199 (34.08) | 319 (42.31) | Internal medicine | 247 (42.30) | 155 (20.56) | ||
≥ 3 | 342 (58.56) | 344 (45.62) | Family medicine | 213 (36.47) | 506 (67.11) | ||
Marital status | 0.433 | Final discharge status | 0.002* | ||||
Married | 193 (33.05) | 234 (31.03) | Death | 439 (75.17) | 620 (82.23) | ||
Others | 391 (66.95) | 520 (68.97) | Impending death | 145 (24.83) | 134 (17.77) | ||
First DNR order to death length (days) | < 0.001* | Last hospital stay length (days) | 0.810 | ||||
≤ 7 | 326 (55.82) | 220 (29.18) | 0–7 | 184 (31.51) | 249 (33.02) | ||
8–29 | 162 (27.74) | 266 (35.28) | 8–29 | 281 (48.11) | 359 (47.62) | ||
≥ 30 | 96 (16.44) | 268 (35.54) | ≥ 30 | 119 (20.38) | 146 (19.36) | ||