Table 1 Demographics of survey respondents
N (%) | |
|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) | 77.5 (5) |
Sex, female | 13 (29.6) |
Race, white | 39 (88.6) |
Less than 12th grade education | 16 (36.4) |
Health literacy, mean (SD)a | 2.3 (2.4) |
Married | 26 (59.1) |
Comorbidities and geriatric syndromes, mean (SD) | 6.9 (2.7) |
VES-13 score, mean (SD) | 3.0 (2.8) |
VES-13 score ≥3 | 19 (43) |
Years since ICD implantation, mean (SD) | 7.3 (3.9) |
Prior ICD shock | 21 (47.7) |