Figure 1.
The Universal Form of Treatment Options (UFTO) version 21.
Table 1.
Exclusions from dataset on study wards during DNACPR and UFTO periods.
Figure 2.
The United Kingdom Version of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Global Trigger Tool (GTT).
Table 2.
Comparison of characteristics of patients in whom a decision not to resuscitate was made in both groups.
Figure 3.
‘Word Clouds’ generated from summary text on forms of all patients not for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
3a. Text taken from Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation orders. 3b. Text taken from Universal Form of Treatment Options.
Table 3.
Non-GTT variables measured.
Table 4.
Global Trigger Tool Analysis on those patients in whom a decision not to attempt resuscitation was made (DNACPR group n = 103; UFTO group n = 118).
Table 5.
Rating of Severity of Harms using the NCC MERP Index in DNACPR and UFTO groups.
Table 6.
The frequency of each type of harm for trigger categories within UFTO and DNACPR groups.
Table 7.
Balancing measures of GTT in those patients for resuscitation (n = 60 in period A, n = 58 in period B) and on patients in whom a decision not to resuscitate was made on non–study wards in the same periods (n = 25 in period A, n = 25 in period B).
Table 8.
Key comparative themes emerging from interview accounts.