Table 3 Respondent’s Characteristics and Knowledge of End of Life Care Decisions (N=238)*

Variables	Categories	EoL Care Decision Knowledge
Variables	Categories	Mean±SD	t/F(p)
Gender	Male	13.13±4.02	-0.29 (.770)
Gender	Female	13.45±4.03	-0.29 (.770)
Age (yr)	<30^a	13.13±4.05	5.19 (.006) a<c
	30-39^b	13.57±4.02
	≥40^c	16.35±2.42
Affiliation	Tertiary hospital	13.42±4.28	-0.00 (.996)
Affiliation	General hospital	13.42±4.00	-0.00 (.996)
Wards	Internal Medicine^a	14.28±3.01	3.57† (.005) e>f
	Surgical ward^b	12.79±4.43
	ICU^c	13.64±4.11
	ER^d	14.17±3.16
	Oncology^e	15.00±2.30
	Others(OBGY,OT,UR)^f	11.21±5.08
Position	Staff nurse	13.17±4.06	2.71 (.046)
	Physician Assistant	14.13±5.03
	Charge nurse	14.77±2.62
	Unit Manager	16.40±2.41
Working experience (months)	<12^a	13.12±3.30	3.52 (.008) c<e
	12-35^b	13.38±4.19
	36-59^c	12.40±3.85
	60-119^d	13.56±4.27
	≥120^e	15.72±2.43
EoL care experience	No	12.58±4.35	2.27 (.024)
EoL care experience	Yes	13.83±3.81	2.27 (.024)
LST Act education	No	12.58±4.19	4.57 (<.001)
LST Act education	Yes	14.82±3.31	4.57 (<.001)
LST Act practice	No	12.27±4.54	3.12 (.002)
LST Act practice	Yes	14.07±3.58	3.12 (.002)
Involvement level in LST Act practice	Low	14.42±3.11	0.92 (.401)
	Moderate	13.78±3.98
	High	14.83±2.31
Awareness of HPC	Yes	13.77±3.79	2.02 (.056)
Awareness of HPC	No	11.29±5.51	2.02 (.056)
Awareness of Terminal/EoL status	Yes	13.82±3.75	2.09 (.044)
Awareness of Terminal/EoL status	No	11.81±5.20	2.09 (.044)
Awareness of LST	Yes	13.94±3.56	3.05 (.005)
Awareness of LST	No	10.09±5.93	3.05 (.005)
Awareness of AD	Yes	14.98±2.49	6.88(<.001)
Awareness of AD	No	11.02±4.86	6.88(<.001)
Awareness of POLST	Yes	15.12±2.43	7.15 (<.001)
Awareness of POLST	No	11.34±4.70	7.15 (<.001)

missing data excluded
Welch’s value
ACP=advance care planning, AD=advance directives, POLST=physician orders for life-sustaining treatment, EoL=end of life, ICU, intensive care unit; ER, emergent room; OBGY, obstetric and gynecology; OT, opthalmology; URO, urology