Table 6.

Patient-Based Care and Systems Issues: Highest to Lowest Strength of Endorsement*

NMeanSD
Clinical decision-making8071.090.428
Communication8071.170.533
Doctor-patient interactions8071.210.599
Family issues8071.560.730
Evidence-based practice8071.800.962
Cultural issues8072.000.991
Ethics8072.391.013
End-of-life care8072.620.868
Palliative care8072.710.895
  • * Lower scores indicate higher frequency of exposure to issue (1 = daily, 2 = weekly, 3 = monthly, 4 = almost never).