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Table 3 Major errors in DNFs in relation to characteristic of deceased

From: Quality of death notification forms in North West Bank/Palestine: a descriptive study

Characteristics

Types of major errors

Incorrect sequence

No acceptable cause

Writing mechanism only

n (%)

P value*

n (%)

P value*

n (%)

P value*

Age of deceased (years)

 <1

11 (44.0)

0.731

10 (31.3)

0.379

14 (43.8)

0.649

 1–29

20 (46.5)

12 (22.6)

20 (37.7)

 30–50

19 (48.7)

8 (15.4)

26 (50.0)

 >50

177 (52.7)

99 (24.1)

184 (45.0)

Gender of deceased

 Male

123 (53.5)

0.350

60 (20.8)

0.062

131 (45.5)

0.618

 Female

104 (48.6)

69 (26.4)

113 (43.8)

Delay (days)

 <7

178 (52.2)

0.364

95 (22.2)

0.165

190 (44.5)

0.922

 ≥7

49 (47.1)

34 (28.3)

54 (45.0)

Location

 Hospital

143 (51.6)

0.740

68 (20.3)

0.023

148 (44.2)

0.800

 Home

84 (50.0)

61 (28.8)

96 (45.2)

Hospital

 Governmental

112 (52.3)

0.662

53 (20.1) 15 (21.1)

0.845

117 (44.3)

0.921

31 (49.2)

31 (43.7)

 Non-Governmental

31 (49.2%)

15 (21.1%)

31 (43.7%)

Notifying physician

 Resident

111 (51.9)

0.340

52 (20.0)

0.266

112 (43.1)

0.605

 Specialist

50 (56.8)

26 (25.5)

50 (49.0)

 Forensic

10 (38.5)

9 (24.3)

14 (37.8)

 G.P.

56 (47.9)

42 (28.4)

68 (45.9)

  1. DNFs death notification forms
  2. * Chi squared test