Table 2 Demographic data and clinical features of the patients admitted to the intensive care unit (n = 117) and the respondents of the survey
Variable | Data |
|---|---|
Patients | |
 Gender, male (%) | 73 (62.4%) |
 Age (years) | 65.9 (33–91) |
 APACHE II score on ICU admission | 24.0 (5–47) |
 APACHE II score at ICU discharge | 15.6 (5–27) |
 Respiratory failure on admission to the ICU | 88 (75.2%) |
 Ventilator use on ICU discharge | 30 (25.6%) |
 Survived to ICU discharge | 90 (76.9%) |
 Length of stay at the ICU | 10.1 (1–62) |
Respondents | |
 Gender, male (%) | 55 (47.0%) |
 Age > 65 years | 52.1 (20–88) |
 Responder’s relation to the patient | |
  The patient himself or herself | 16 (13.7%) |
  Spouse | 33 (28.2%) |
  Child | 46 (39.3%) |
  Sibling | 8 (6.8%) |
  Parent | 1 (0.9%) |
  Other | 13 (11.1%) |
Religion | |
  None | 42 (35.9%) |
  Buddhist | 40 (34.2%) |
  Taoist | 25 (21.4%) |
  Christian | 10 (8.5%) |
An education level of college or higher | 72 (61.5%) |
The responder bed been living with the patient before this ICU admission | 69 (59.0%) |
The responder is a government employee | 12 (10.3%) |
The responder has a prior experience of family member admitted to an ICU | 66 (56.4%) |