Table 3 Kullback–Leibler divergence DKL between distributions of patient characteristics before and after decisions about LST (mean ± standard deviation for multiple samples obtained by bootstrapping)
Withholding decision | Withdrawing decision | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
VIP1 | VIP2 | VIP1 | VIP2 | |
Age | 0.02 ± 0.003 (0.55) | 0.02 ± 0.003 (0.56) | 0.01 ± 0.003 (0.53) | 0.01 ± 0.004 (0.51) |
Gender (female vs male) | 0.0004 ± 0 (0.51) | 0.0003 ± 0 (0.51) | 0.006 ± 0.003 (0.53) | 0.002 ± 0.001 (0.51) |
Frailty | 0.07 ± 0.006 (0.61) | 0.04 ± 0.005 (0.59) | 0.02 ± 0.005 (0.55) | 0.007 ± 0.002 (0.51) |
SOFA | 0.02 ± 0.003 (0.55) | 0.05 ± 0.005 (0.59) | 0.2 ± 0.02 (0.66) | 0.2 ± 0.02 (0.66) |
Other geriatric features: | Not available | Not available | ||
Co-morbidities (number) | 0.02 ± 0.002 (0.55) | 0.01 ± 0.004 (0.51) | ||
Functional impairment (Katz) | 0.07 ± 0.007 (0.57) | 0.02 ± 0.01 (0.51) | ||
Residence | 0.002 ± 0.001 (0.52) | 0.01 ± 0.004 (0.50) | ||