Table 1: Demographic characteristics of the study sample.

Survey Respondents n (%) -
Patients 73 (73.0%) -
Proxies 27 (27.0%) -
Gender
Patients Respondents1,2
n (%) -
Males 35 (47.9%) 1: x2 = 3.923, d.f = 1,
p = 0.048
Females 38 (52.1%) -
Patients whose Proxy Responded1 - -
Males 7 (25.9%) -
Females 20 (74.1%) -
Proxies Respondents2 - -
Males 6 (22.2%) 2: x2 = 5.391, d.f = 1,
p = 0.020
Females 21 (77.8%) -
Age (patients’) mean (s.d)
All Patients 19.4 (8.22) -
Males 20.4 (9.51)3 -
Females 18.6 (7.15)3 3: t-test, p = 0.293
Patients Respondents 21.5 (8.67)4 4: t-test, p = 0.000
Males 21.6 (9.98)5 -
Females 21.4 (7.39)5 5: t-test, p = 0.931
Patients whose Proxy Responded 13.6 (1.69)4 -
Males (boys) 14.4 (1.99)6 -
Females (girls) 13.4 (1.53)6 6: t-test, p = 0.150
Education (Respondents’)
Patients respondents7
n (%) -
Elementary 1 (1.4%) -
Junior high school 33 (47.1%) -
High school 19 (27.1%) -
University 17 (24.3%) 7: x2 = 9.962, d.f = 3,
p = 0.019
Proxies Respondents7 - -
Elementary 1 (4.0%) -
Junior high school 3 (12.0%) -
High school 12 (48.0%) -
University 9 (36.0%) -
Missing Values: 5 - -