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Table 2 Characteristics of relatives who did or did not add free-text comments to the Family Collaboration Scale questionnaire

From: What relatives of older medical patients want us to know - a mixed-methods study

 

Added comments (n = 79)

n

No comments (n = 101)

n

P-value*

Age, years, mean

60.3

78

60.8

98

0.998

Sex, Female, %

67.5

77

66.0

100

0.830

Relationship with patient, %

     

 Spouse

22.8

79

27.7

101

0.749

 Offspring

62.0

79

58.4

101

 

 Other

15.2

79

13.9

101

 

Education, %

     

 Public school

64.1

78

74.3

101

0.143

 High school/ University

35.9

78

25.7

101

 

Health education, %

26.0

77

13.3

98

0.033

High degree of satisfaction with hospital care**, %

     

 At admission

38.4

73

57.6

99

0.008

 During the hospital stay

41.1

73

56.1

98

0.001

 At discharge

32.9

73

43.9

98

0.030

High degree of trust in the provided care**, %

     

 I trusted that my relative got the care s/he needed

39.0

77

54.6

99

0.008

  1. *SAS 9.3 was used for the statistical analysis. The χ2 test was used to analyze categorical data, and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to analyze numerical data. P-values < 0.05 were considered significant and are highlighted in bold font
  2. **Response categories in the questionnaire were: high degree, some degree, less degree, not at all