The communication between patient relatives and physicians in intensive care units

BMC Anesthesiology

Table 6 The regretion analysis of socio–demographic data on the communication towards attitude questionaire of the patients’ relatives according to the informing, empathy and trust sub–dimensions

	INFORMING		EMPATHY		TRUST
	β	p	β	p	β	p
Gender
Female					−1.233	0.009
Education
Middle school	−1.792	0.010	3.566	<0.001	−1.759	0.001
University	−1.792	0.010	3.566	<0.001	−1.759	0.001
Descriptions of physicians
Advisor					1.347	0.004
Friend					1.366	0.033
Protector					1.366	0.033
Age groups
< 35	−3.861	<0.001	−4.134	<0.001	−1.872	<0.001
How close the patient relatives were to the patient
Spouses
Grandson
Cousin/distant relative	1.828	0.013
The frequency of patient relatives’ seeing the patients before they were taken to the ICU
Once in a week or less	7.170	<0.001			1.052	0.014
Once a day					8.996	<0.001
Once a week					8.996	<0.001
The frequency of visits to the patients in the ICU by patient relatives
Once a week
Everyday	1.363	0.038
Once in every 2 or 3 days					3.201	<0.001
Once a week
The duration of how long the patient relatives spoke to the physicians
1–2 min
5–10 min					−1.974	<0.001
5–10 min			4.046	0.001
> 10 mins
The situations that relieved the stress of patient relatives*
Being with the patient
No	2.440	0.003	−2.654	<0.001
Praying
Yes	8.917	0.004
No	8.962	0.004	3.369	<0.001
The characteristics of ICU physicians that were important to patient relatives
Getting good news
No	−3.765	<0.001	−2.165	0.001
Giving accurate information
No	−1.952	0.019
Having a sympathetic attitude
No
Detailed medical explanation	2.779	0.007
No					−1.579	0.001

* Multiple answers were given
For Informing AIC (akaike information criterion) =512.89, Accuracy 45.2%; Empathy AIC = 516.78, Accuracy 50%; Trust AIC = 373.72, Accuracy 47.2%
The results found statistical difference in group was shown as italicize data

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