From: Exploring end of life priorities in Saudi males: usefulness of Q-methodology
Type I: | Type II: | Type III: | Type IV: | Type V: |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rituals-averse | Rituals-apt | Rituals-silent | Rituals-apt | Rituals-apt |
Family-caring | Family-dependent | Self/family-neutral | Self-centered | Family-centered |
Monitoring-coping | Monitoring-coping | Avoidance-coping | Monitoring-coping | Neutral-coping |
Life-quality-concerned | Life-quantity-concerned | Life-quality & quantity-concerned | Life-quality/quantity-neutral | Life-quantity-concerned |
Priorities in descending order | ||||
 At peace with God | At peace with God | At peace with God | At peace with God | At peace with God |
 Say statement of faith | Say statement faith | Say statement of faith | Say statement of faith | Say statement of faith |
 Maintain dignity | Financial affairs in order | Able to bathe and feed | Religious death rituals respected | Family/friends at my last moments |
 Resolve conflicts | Resolve conflicts | Maintain dignity | Die clean | Resolve conflicts |
 Avoid emotional burden to family/friends | Religious death rituals respected | Free of pain | Receive medical care with compassion | Free of pain |
 Avoid financial burden to family/friends | Family/friends with me | Able to control bowels | Inform me before my family | Religious death rituals respected |
 Without body exposed | Islamic clergy at my last moments | Without body exposed | No life support with little hope | Family/friends prepared to accept my death |
Dis-priorities in ascending order | ||||
 Status confidential from family/friends | Free of pain | Family/friends, rather than doctor to inform | Family/friends, rather than doctor, to inform | Maintain sense of humor |
 Doctor to discuss with family present | If in coma, no intensive care | Status confidential from family/friends | Die in hospital | Die at the peak of life |
 Family/friends, rather than the doctor, to inform | Status confidential from family/friends | Discuss dying fears with physician | Avoid emotional burden to family/friends | Able to control bowels |
 Live longer regardless | No tubes inserted | Discuss dying fears with family/friends | Status confidential from family/friends | If in coma, no intensive care |
 If I have a fatal illness, I don’t want to know | Die in hospital | At the peak of life | Die well dressed | No tubes inserted |
 Healthcare professionals trusty religious-wise | If I have a fatal illness, don’t want to know | Die in hospital | Don’t want to die alone | Die well dressed |
 Islamic clergy at my last moments | No life support with little hope | If in coma, no intensive care | Die at home | Able to control bladder |