Research Article

Concordance between Experiences of Bereaved Relatives, Physicians, and Nurses with Hospital End-of-Life Care: Everyone Has Their “Own Truth”

Table 3

Quality of life during final 3 days (QOL3) and quality of dying (QOD) ().

Relatives Physicians NursesAnalysis of varianceb
Median (IQR)Median (IQR)Median (IQR) value value

Quality of life during last 3 days (QOL3)a3 (1–6)5 (3–6)5 (3–6)12.755<0.001
Quality of dying (QOD)a7 (5–8)7 (6–8)7 (6–8)6.470.002

IQR = Interquartile Range.
aScale 0–10.
bMultilevel analyses to compare outcomes in 3 groups.