Background Whether surrogate decision makers regret decisions about the use of life
support for incapacitated, critically ill patients remain uncertain. We sought to determine the
prevalence of decision regret among surrogates of adult ICU patients and identify factors
that influence regret. Methods We conducted a secondary analysis of data from the
PARTNER 2 trial, which tested a family support intervention for surrogates of critically ill
adults. At 6-month follow-up, surrogates rated their regret about life support decisions using …

Whether surrogate decision makers regret decisions about the use of life support for
incapacitated, critically ill patients remain uncertain. We sought to determine the prevalence
of decision regret among surrogates of adult ICU patients and identify factors that influence
regret.