End-of-life perceptions among physicians in intensive care units managed by anesthesiologists in Germany: a survey about structure, current implementation and deficits

Table 3 Differentiation of current practice, importance, implementation discrepancy and relevance according to categories

Category	Status of implementation (always / often)	Importance (important)	Implementation discrepancy	Relevance
	(mean ± SD)	(mean ± SD)	(mean ± SD)	(mean ± SD)
Category 1 (%) n = 28	71 ± 14	95 ± 4	24 ± 13	75 ± 16
Category 2 (%) n = 6	21 ± 23	38 ± 9	17 ± 19	30 ± 7
Category 3 (%) n = 16	17 ± 15	79 ± 14	62 ± 15	66 ± 15

Percentage of responses in regards to: status of implementation (always / often), importance (important), implementation discrepancy (difference between percentage values regarding “importance” and “status of implementation always / often”) and relevance (“deficiency yes” divided by “deficiency yes and no” in the implementation domains “sometimes” or “no, never”)

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