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Table 6 Socio-demographic and professionals factors in psychiatrists’ engagement in the euthanasia decision-making procedure

From: The engagement of psychiatrists in the assessment of euthanasia requests from psychiatric patients in Belgium: a survey study

 

Ever performed the role of …

Performing physician

NO ROLE

Referring physician

Preliminary advising physician

Formal advising physician

Attending physician

Sex

 Male (n = 100)

25 (25)

43 (43.9)

16 (16.3)

27 (27)

34 (34)

5 (5)

 Female (n = 75)

24 (32)

33 (44)

17 (22.7)

12 (16)

19 (25.3)

3 (4)

Age

  < 40 (n = 66)

23 (34.8)

32 (48.5)

12 (18.2)

4 (6.2)a

12 (18.2)a

2 (3)

 41–60 (n = 64)

14 (21.9)

32 (50)

11 (17.2)

18 (28.1)a

23 (35.9)a

4 (6.3)

  > 60 (n = 48)

12 (25.5)

14 (29.2)

12 (25)

17 (36.2)a

19 (39.6)a

2 (4.2)

Years of work experience

  < 10 (n = 52)

20 (38.5)

24 (46.2)

10 (19.2)

4 (7.7)a

8 (15.4)a

1 (1.9)

 10–20 (n = 41)

9 (22)

19 (46.3)

11 (26.8)

8 (19.5)a

15 (36.6a)

4 (9.8)

  > 20 (n = 85)

20 (23.8)

35 (41.2)

14 (16.5)

27 (31.8)a

31 (36.5)a

3 (3.5)

Perceived Competence

 Yes (n = 89)

15 (16.9)b

37 (41.6)

25 (28.1)a

33 (37.1)b

43 (48.3)b

8 (9)b

 No (n = 88)

34 (38.6)b

41 (46.6)

10 (11.4)a

6 (6.8)b

10 (11.4)b

0b

  1. In bold: p < .05
  2. aIn bold: significant results after Bonferroni test for multiple comparisons, p < .0033
  3. bIn bold: significant results after Bonferroni test for multiple comparisons, p < .005