Table 2 Participant characteristics of patients, family members, and clinicians
Characteristic (n [%], unless otherwise noted) | Patients (n = 67) | Surrogates (n = 72) | Clinicians (n = 29) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years), mean (SD) | 62 (19) | 48 (13) | 43 (8) |
Sex | |||
Male | 31 (46%) | 26 (36%) | 20 (69%) |
Female | 29 (43%) | 33 (46%) | 9 (31%) |
Declined to answer | 0 | 13 (18%) | 0 |
Race/ethnicity | |||
Non-Hispanic White | 47 (70%) | 48 (67%) | 22 (76%) |
Hispanic White | 6 (9%) | 2 (3%) | 2 (7%) |
Asian | 4 (6%) | 4 (6%) | 3 (10%) |
Black | 2 (3%) | 4 (6%) | 2 (7%) |
Native American/Alaska Native | 0 | 1 (1%) | 0 |
Declined to answer | 0 | 13 (18%) | 0 |
Diagnoses | |||
Traumatic Brain Injury | 16 (24%) | ||
Acute Ischemic Stroke | 22 (33%) | ||
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 6 (9%) | ||
Hemorrhagic Stroke | 11 (16%) | ||
Other | |||
(Encephalitis, status epilepticus, neoplasm, hypoxic ischemic brain injury) | 12 (18%) | ||
Highest level of education | |||
Less than High school | 3 (4%) | ||
High school graduate or GED | 13 (18%) | ||
Some college | 11 (15%) | ||
2 years college or technical school | 5 (7%) | ||
College graduate | 15 (21%) | ||
Graduate school or professional degree | 11 (15%) | ||
Declined to say | 14 (19%) | ||
Measures of literacy and numeracy, median (IQR) | |||
REALM Estimate of Health Literacy | 7 (7;7) | ||
General Numeracy Scale Score | 7 (5.75;9) | ||
Practice level | |||
Attending physician | 16 (55%) | ||
Resident, fellow, APP | 13 (45%) | ||
Years of practice | 14 (8%) | ||
Clinician specialty | |||
Neurocritical Care | 6 (21%) | ||
Med/Surg Critical Care | 6 (21%) | ||
Internal Medicine | 8 (28%) | ||
Trauma Surgery | 1 (3%) | ||
Other (Nephrology, neurosurgery, general surgery, palliative care, anesthesia) | 8 (28%) |