Course and predictors of posttraumatic stress-related symptoms among family members of deceased ICU patients during the first year of bereavement

Table 3 Quality of end-of-life care identified on the medical records of patients who died in intensive care units (N = 319)

Quality indicator	Prevalence
Quality indicator	n	%
Physician-family prognostic communication	288	90.28
Family meetings conducted	68	21.32
Palliative care provided	235	73.67
Social worker involvement	27	8.46
Do-not-resuscitate order issued	307	96.27
Death without cardiopulmonary resuscitation	299	93.73
Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments^a	66	20.69
Death with full life support^b	253	79.31
Family presence at patient’s death	245	76.90
Family satisfaction with EOL care in ICUs^c	Mean	SD
FS-ICU Care subscale	67.14	16.30
FS-ICU Decision-Making subscale	76.20	14.76

^aLife-sustaining treatments included intubation with mechanical ventilation support, vasopressors, hemodialysis, enteral and/or parenteral hydration and nutrition, antibiotics, and transfusion of blood products
^bWithout orders to withdraw any life support
^cMeasured by the Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit questionnaire (FS-ICU)

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