Overall family satisfaction score for all family members and for family members by patient outcome
| Summary measures | All family members (N=7017*) | Family members of ICU survivors (N=6147*) | Family members of ICU non-survivors (N=870) |
| Overall family satisfaction score | |||
| Median (IQR) | 83.3 (70.4–93.0) | 82.7 (69.9–92.7) | 87.1 (74.4–94.8) |
| Mean (SD) | 79.7 (16.7) | 79.3 (16.5) | 82.0 (17.5) |
| (95% CI) | (79.2 to 80.1) | (78.9 to 79.8) | (80.9 to 83.2) |
| Satisfaction with care domain score | |||
| Median (IQR) | 87.5 (74.3–96.4) | 87.5 (73.6–96.4) | 88.1 (76.8–96.4) |
| Mean (SD) | 83.1 (16.0) | 83.0 (15.9) | 83.8 (16.9) |
| (95% CI) | (82.7 to 83.4) | (82.6 to 83.4) | (82.7 to 84.9) |
| Satisfaction with information domain score | |||
| Median (IQR) | 79.2 (66.7–95.8) | 79.2 (62.5–95.8) | 83.3 (70.8–100.0) |
| Mean (SD) | 76.2 (22.0) | 75.7 (22.0) | 79.6 (22.9) |
| (95% CI) | (75.7 to 76.7) | (75.1 to 76.2) | (78.1 to 81.0) |
| Satisfaction with the decision-making process domain score | |||
| Median (IQR) | 75.6 (59.3–93.1) | 75.0 (57.5–88.8) | 87.5 (68.8–100.0) |
| Mean (SD) | 73.1 (22.3) | 72.1 (22.0) | 79.6 (22.9) |
| (95% CI) | (72.5 to 73.6) | (71.6 to 72.7) | (78.1 to 81.1) |
*Two family members returned questionnaires but did not complete any of the 24 FS-ICU items—responses were not imputed for these family members.
FS-ICU, Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit; ICU, intensive care unit.