Table 1 Characteristics of Study Respondents (N=238)*

Variables Categories n(%) Mean±SD
General characteristics
 Gender Male 15( 6.3)
Female 223(93.7)
 Age(yr) <30 186(78.2) 27.91±5.27
30-39 35(14.7)
≥40 17( 7.1)
 Affiliation Tertiary hospital 38(16.1)
General hospital 198(83.9)
 Wards Internal medicine 47(19.7)
Surgical ward 66(27.7)
ICU 50(21.0)
ER 24(10.1)
Oncology 23( 9.7)
Others(OBGY, OT, UR) 28(11.8)
 Position Staff nurse 207(87.0)
Physician assistant 8( 3.4)
Charge nurse 13( 5.5)
Unit manager 10( 4.2)
 Working experience (months) <12 25(10.8) 62.78±63.43
12-35 81(34.9)
36-59 52(22.4)
60-119 45(19.4)
≥120 29(12.5)
Experience of EoL care
 EoL care experience No 78(32.9)
Yes 159(67.1)
 LST Act education No 148(62.2)
Yes 90(37.8)
 LST Act practice No 84(35.4)
Yes 153(64.6)
 Involvement level in LST Act practice Low 48(31.6)
Moderate 86(56.6)
High 18(11.8)
Awareness of EoL care decision
 Awareness of HPC Yes 196(90.3)
No 21( 9.7)
 Awareness of Terminal/EoL status Yes 184(85.2)
No 32(14.8)
 Awareness of LST Yes 193(89.4)
No 23(10.6)
 Awareness of AD Yes 136(62.1)
No 83(37.9)
 Awareness of POLST Yes 125(56.8)
No 95(43.2)
missing data excluded
LST=life-sustaining treatment, HPC=hospice and palliative care, EoL=End of life, AD=advance directives, POLST=physician orders for life-sustaining treatment, ICU, intensive care unit; ER, emergent room; OBGY, obstetric and gynecology; OT, opthalmology; URO, urology