Table 2 Questions about the unbearable suffering
From: Unbearability of suffering at the end of life: the development of a new measuring device, the SOS-V
| Â | For every aspect of the SOS-V the following two questions were asked: |
|---|---|
1 | Do you feel .......(aspect)? Is there ....... (aspect)? If the answer on question 1 indicated that the aspect was present (= all answers other than 'not at all') question 2 was posed: |
2 | How unbearable was this? If the answer on question 2 was 'seriously' or 'very seriously' more information on this was asked in an open-ended question. |
| Â | Scale for question 1 and 2: |
|  |    not at all - slightly - moderately - seriously - very seriously (could hardly be worse) |
|  |    1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 |