General public | ||||||
General public (n = 973) | ||||||
n | % | |||||
Gender | Male | 535 | 55.0 | |||
Female | 411 | 42.2 | ||||
Age | 20–39 | 148 | 15.2 | |||
40–64 | 354 | 36.4 | ||||
65–74 | 236 | 24.3 | ||||
75- | 212 | 21.8 | ||||
Education | Junior high school | 109 | 11.2 | |||
High school | 328 | 33.7 | ||||
College | 178 | 18.3 | ||||
University/Graduate school | 329 | 33.8 | ||||
Living with family | Yes | 774 | 79.5 | |||
Death of a close person in the past 5 years | Yes | 391 | 40.2 | |||
Family doctor | Yes | 403 | 41.4 | |||
Healthcare providers | Physicians (n = 1039) | Nurses (n = 1854) | Care staff (n = 752) | |||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Years of practice | ||||||
1–15 | 139 | 13.4 | 317 | 17.1 | 386 | 51.3 |
16–30 | 392 | 37.7 | 895 | 48.3 | 334 | 44.4 |
31- | 481 | 46.3 | 612 | 33.0 | 29 | 3.9 |
Workplace | ||||||
Hospital | 652 | 62.8 | 838 | 45.2 | n.ab | n.ab |
Clinic | 337 | 32.4 | 300 | 16.2 | n.ab | n.ab |
Long-term care facility | n.ab | n.ab | 194 | 10.5 | 340 | 45.2 |
Care home | n.ab | n.ab | 199 | 10.7 | 396 | 52.7 |
Visiting nurse office | n.ab | n.ab | 210 | 11.3 | n.ab | n.ab |
Other | 10 | 1.0 | 63 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.8 |
Participation in a nationwide training program | 205 | 19.7 | 164 | 8.8 | 26 | 3.5 |
Frequency of caring for dying patients | ||||||
At least one patient per month | 403 | 38.8 | 549 | 29.6 | 115 | 15.3 |
One patient per 6-months | 230 | 22.1 | 631 | 34.0 | 349 | 46.4 |
One patient per year | 131 | 12.6 | 270 | 14.6 | 200 | 26.6 |
Rarely | 225 | 21.7 | 337 | 18.2 | 72 | 9.6 |
EOLDa with patient | ||||||
To a sufficient extent | 281 | 27.0 | 324 | 17.5 | 139 | 18.5 |
To some extent | 385 | 37.1 | 809 | 43.6 | 280 | 37.2 |
Not much. | 135 | 13.0 | 301 | 16.2 | 232 | 30.9 |
Not involved with dying patients | 196 | 18.9 | 354 | 19.1 | 89 | 11.8 |
Identifying the proxy decision maker | 830 | 79.9 | 1541 | 83.1 | 597 | 79.4 |
Sharing documented EOLDa information with the multidisciplinary team | 587 | 56.5 | 969 | 52.3 | 362 | 48.1 |