Table 5

Relationship of ethnicity, strength of religious faith and speciality to attitudes and actions in end-of-life care (% and N)

SedateIntentAttitudeDiscuss
Ethnicity*
 White18.6 (2152)39.9 (2027)37.4 (2775)86.4 (338)
 Asian19.4 (417)39.7 (383)33.5 (565)84.9 (73)
 Other18.8 (186)38.9 (175)24.8 (238)81.3 (32)
p valuen.s.n.s.<0.0005n.s.
Religious type*
 Christian17.5 (1445)38.4 (1358)28.1 (1889)83.7 (227)
 Hindu or Muslim19.4 (351)38.1 (318)29.9 (478)81.0 (58)
 Other22.3 (121)35.1 (114)37.6 (170)77.8 (18)
 None20.0 (841)43.8 (790)52.2 (1057)92.3 (143)
p valuen.s.0.05<0.00050.05
Religious strength*
 Very or extremely religious16.4 (359)32.3 (331)15.5 (459)64.1 (39)
 Neither or mild18.3 (1683)39.0 (1568)35.2 (2217)88.7 (284)
 Very or extremely non-religious22.7 (541)50.0 (512)51.1 (702)87.9 (107)
p value0.03<0.0005<0.0005<0.0005
Speciality
 Palliative medicine15.0 (246)9.8 (246)11.7 (307)92.9 (14)
 Elderly10.6 (246)38.5 (262)26.8 (395)74.1 (27)
 General practice17.5 (732)32.5 (710)35.1 (1073)81.5 (130)
 Other hospital21.4 (1502)48.7 (1394)38.3 (1842)87.8 (244)
p value<0.0005<0.0005<0.0005n.s
  • * Weighted by speciality.

  • n.s., not significant below 0.05.