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Treatment/examination | Scenario | All | Surgery (N=175) | Medicine (N=184) | GP (N=316) | Oncology (N=54) | |
Withhold, 4–5 on Likert scale 1–5 “definitely would not withhold - definitely would withhold”. Statistical significance by Chi-square test in cross-tabulation to three decision categories (Likert 1–2, 3 and 4–5). Differences between Original scenario, Alternative 1 and Alternative 2 were all statistically significant (p<0.001) by Friedman's test. | |||||||
Blood transfusion | Original scenario (OS) | 82 | 81 | 78 | 85 | 83 | |
A1 (OS + family's appeal) | 66 | 73 | 58 | 67 | 70 | p=0.046 | |
A2 (OS + advance directive) | 94 | 95 | 92 | 94 | 96 | ||
Chest X-ray | Original scenario (OS) | 59 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 79 | p=0.011 |
A1 (OS + family's appeal) | 48 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 65 | ||
A2 (OS + advance directive) | 81 | 80 | 84 | 80 | 85 | ||
Laboratory tests | Original scenario (OS) | 59 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 81 | p=0.019 |
A1 (OS + family's appeal) | 45 | 48 | 40 | 42 | 66 | p=0.033 | |
A2 (OS + advance directive) | 83 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 94 | ||
Pleural drainage | Original scenario (OS) | 56 | 49 | 59 | 56 | 70 | p=0.014 |
A1 (OS + family's appeal) | 47 | 44 | 49 | 45 | 57 | ||
A2 (OS + advance directive) | 80 | 75 | 86 | 79 | 81 |