Opinions on influence of medical directives on course of disease and trust in health care proxies
| Question | %Patients | %Healthy controls | %Nursing staff | %Physicians | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS, not significant. | |||||
| Could you imagine influence being exerted by a medical directive on: | |||||
| Type of treatment? (yes/no) | 81.7/18.2 (n = 93) | 85.3/14.7 (n = 95) | 78.8/21.2 (n = 99) | 82.0/18.0 (n = 100) | NS |
| Pain? (yes/no) | 78.3/21.7 (n = 92) | 85.0/15.0 (n = 93) | 75.8/24.2 (n = 99) | 71.0/29.0 (n = 100) | NS |
| Duration of suffering? (yes/no) | 75.8/24.2 (n = 95) | 90.9/9.1 (n = 99) | 84.8/15.2 (n = 99) | 83.0/17.0 (n = 100) | <0.05 |
| Do you think that a health care proxy authorised by yourself would act according to your intentions? (yes) | 88.0 (n = 100) | 92.0 (n = 100) | 90.0 (n = 100) | 82.0 (n = 100) | NS |