From: A beginner’s view of end of life care on German intensive care units
All participants | Medical | Surgical | p = | |||||
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Age (n = 173) | n = | years | n = | years | n = | years | ||
173 | 29.7 | 115 | 29.5 | 58 | 30.2 | 0.427$ | ||
Gender (n = 186) | n = | % | n = | % | n = | % | ||
m/f/nb | 83/102/1 | 44.6/54.8/0.6 | 55/66/1 | 45.1/54.1/0.8 | 28/36/0 | 43.8/56.3/0 | 0.749¶ | |
Doctoral thesis (n = 212) | y/n | 70/142 | 33.0/67.0 | 48/92 | 34.3/65.7 | 22/50 | 30.6/69.4 | 0.645† |
Specialization (n = 215) | y/n | 10/205 | 4.7/95.3 | 8/133 | 5.7/94.3 | 2/72 | 2.7/97.3 | 0.500† |
Emergency physician (n = 215) | y/n | 9/206 | 4.2/95.8 | 4/139 | 2.8/97.2 | 5/67 | 6.9/93.1 | 0.171† |
ICU work experience (n = 215) | y/n | 127/88 | 59.1/40.9 | 90/51 | 63.8/36.2 | 37/37 | 50/50 | 0.058† |
Hospital level of care (n = 211) | Maxa/Non-Maxb | 84/127 | 39.8/60.2 | 44/96 | 31.4/68.6 | 40/31 | 56.3/43.7 | 0.001† |
Number of ICU beds (n = 212) | ≤14/> 14 | 136/76 | 64.2/35.8 | 101/38 | 72.7/27.3 | 35/38 | 47.9/52.1 | 0.001† |
Resuscitation attained (n = 214) | ≤10/> 10 | 155/59 | 72.4/27.6 | 102/39 | 72.3/27.7 | 53/20 | 72.6/27.4 | 1.000† |
Resuscitation lead (n = 211) | ≤10/> 10 | 194/17 | 91.9/8.1 | 133/8 | 94.3/5.7 | 61/9 | 87.1/12.9 | 0.104† |