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Table 4 The associations between good death and end-of-life care (n = 263)

From: Assessing the relationship between the distress levels in patients with irreversible terminal delirium and the good quality of death from the perspective of bereaved family

Variables

Mean ± SD

r

Good death (GDI score)

76.68 ± 6.52

-

CES score

47.38 ± 3.67

0.362**

Physical care by physician

5.14 ± 0.57

-0.073

Physical care by nurse

5.20 ± 0.59

0.018

Psycho-existential care

5.06 ± 0.61

-0.100

Physician’s explanations to the patient

4.79 ± 0.81

0.094

Physician’s explanations to the family

4.99 ± 0.62

0.209**

Environment

4.54 ± 0.75

-0.025

Cost

4.14 ± 0.59

0.158*

Consideration of family health

4.08 ± 0.73

0.223**

Availability

4.56 ± 0.75

-0.005

Coordination and consistency

5.10 ± 0.69

-0.101

  1. Note: *P<0.05 **P<0.01