Questions | Answers | Nursing homes n = 215(%) | Hospitals n = 84(%) | P-value or Fisher’s exact test* | |
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Was the patient’s capacity to consent assessed before commencing treatment? | Yes | 197(92) | 56(67) | p < 0.001 | |
No | 12(6) | 5(6) | |||
I don’t know | 6(3) | 23(27) | |||
If yes, did the patient have the capacity to consent? | Yes | 124(63) | 27(48) | p < 0.05 | |
No | 73(37) | 29(52) | |||
Was the treatment discussed with the patient before commencement? | Capacity to consent n = 124 in nursing home n = 27 in hospital | Yes | 112(90) | 14(52) | Exact< 0.001 |
No | 9(7) | 4(15) | |||
I don’t know | 3(2) | 9(33) | |||
Not capacity to consent n = 73 in nursing home n = 29 in hospital | Yes | 14(19) | 0(0) | Exact< 0.01 | |
No | 59(81) | 28(97) | |||
I don’t know | 0(0) | 1(3) | |||
Was the treatment discussed with the next of kin before commencement? | Capacity to consent | Yes | 59(48) | 8(30) | Exact< 0.01 |
No | 58(47) | 10(37) | |||
I don’t know | 7(6) | 9(33) | |||
Not capacity to consent | Yes | 47(64) | 3(10) | Exact< 0.001 | |
No | 22(30) | 12(41) | |||
I don’t know | 4(6) | 14(48) | |||
Was the treatment discussed with health personnel who knew the patient? | Capacity to consent | Yes | 115(93) | 8(30) | Exact< 0.001 |
No | 8(7) | 6(22) | |||
I don’t know | 1(1) | 13(48) | |||
Not capacity to consent | Yes | 62(85) | 4(14) | Exact< 0.001 | |
No | 7(10) | 11(38) | |||
I don’t know | 4(6) | 14(48) | |||
Advance care planning done in the past?a | Yes | 108(50) | 14(17) | p < 0.001 | |
No | 71(33) | 12(14) | |||
I don’t know | 36(17) | 58(69) |