Table 5

Importance of various attitudes for the decision making (mean/sd and differences between the samples one-way analysis of variance - F; df; p)

SwedishGermanRussian
Ethical factors (9.54;2;.0001)1.71/.571.71/.732.02/.95
Patient wishes (44.14;2;<.00011.85/.802.08/.952.83/1.16
Level of dementia (32.24;2;<.0001)2.76/.933.77/1.033.61/1.16
Legal factors (5.26;2;.0055)2.81/1.062.88/1.222.51/1.29
Family wishes (38.75;2;<.0001)2.99/.913.87/.863.16/1.08
Patient's age (1.88;2;.1531—n.s.)3.42/.903.64/1.033.65/1.14
Religious beliefs (1.78;2;.1698—n.s.)4.33/1.144.12/1.274.32/1.07
Hospital costs (164.25;2;<.0001)4.55/.674.52/.772.99/1.20