Table

Scores for Level of Frustration, Likelihood of Accommodating the Surrogate's Request, and Acceptability for the 3 Views of Death Before and After Attending the Educational Intervention

Attitude measureView of deathMean scoreSEMp Value
WBD and HBDWBD and CDHBD and CD
Preintervention
 FrustrationWBD2.400.21<0.01
HBD3.120.19<0.001
CD3.670.210.07
 AccommodationWBD5.160.13<0.001
HBD3.950.19<0.001
CD3.370.180.07
 AcceptabilityWBD5.020.13<0.001
HBD4.070.18<0.001
CD3.560.160.06
Postintervention
 FrustrationWBD1.740.21<0.01
HBD2.370.18<0.001
CD3.930.20<0.001
 AccommodationWBD5.790.06<0.001
HBD3.770.23<0.001
CD2.770.18<0.01
 AcceptabilityWBD5.620.14<0.001
HBD4.570.17<0.001
CD3.640.19<0.001
  • Abbreviations: CD = circulatory death; HBD = high-brain death; WBD = whole-brain death.

  • Statistics were calculated using a paired t test and represent the difference in means.