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Table 1 Attitudes towards life-sustaining treatment at the end of life by participants’ demographic characteristics n (%)

From: Investigation of the awareness of and demand for hospice care and attitudes towards life-sustaining treatment at the end of life among community residents in Hangzhou

Project

Category

Life-sustaining treatment attitudes at the end of life

Total

x trend 2/x2

P‧

Active treatment

Comfortable support treatment

No treatment needed

(n = 519)

(n = 181)

(n = 265)

(n = 73)

 

Area of residence

Rural-urban fringe

108 (40.15)

124 (46.10)

37 (13.75)

269 (51.83)

7.186

0.028*

Urban area

73 (29.20)

141 (56.40)

36 (14.40)

250 (48.17)

Gender

Male

79 (34.80)

116 (51.10)

32 (14.10)

227 (43.74)

0.001

0.975

Female

102 (34.93)

149 (51.03)

41 (14.04)

292 (56.26)

Age

40 ~ 49

34 (41.46)

42 (51.22)

6 (7.32)

82 (15.80)

12.988

< 0.001c

50 ~ 59

51 (47.22)

43 (39.81)

14 (12.96)

108 (20.81)

60 ~ 69

52 (30.41)

94 (54.97)

25 (14.62)

171 (32.95)

70 ~ 79

34 (30.09)

63 (55.75)

16 (14.16)

113 (21.77)

> 80

10 (22.22)

23 (51.11)

12 (26.67)

45 (8.67)

Marital status

Single

22 (33.85)

34 (52.31)

9 (13.85)

65 (12.52)

0.048

0.976

Married

159 (35.02)

231 (50.88)

64 (14.10)

454 (87.48)

Education level

Primary school and below

28 (45.16)

25 (40.32)

9 (14.52)

62 (11.94)

2.677

0.102

Junior

52 (34.90)

73 (48.99)

24 (16.11)

149 (28.71)

High School/Technical School

52 (35.37)

72 (48.98)

23 (15.65)

147 (28.32)

Junior college or above

60 (28.85)

123 (59.15)

25 (12.02)

208 (40.08)

Monthly after-tax income (RMB)

No income

14 (51.85)

9 (33.33)

4 (14.81)

27 (5.20)

1.753

0.185

1 ~ 3000

39 (39.39)

45 (45.45)

15 (15.15)

99 (19.08)

3001 ~ 5000

70 (33.02)

110 (51.89)

32 (15.09)

212 (40.85)

5001 ~ 10,000

51 (34.00)

83 (55.33)

16 (10.67)

150 (28.90)

> 10,000

7 (22.58)

18 (58.06)

6 (19.35)

31 (5.97)

Medical insurance

Out of pocket

10 (34.48)

12 (41.38)

7 (24.14)

29 (5.59)

4.868

0.561

New rural cooperative medical service

32 (42.11)

35 (46.05)

9 (11.84)

76 (14.64)

Basic medical insurance for urban residents

42 (34.15)

64 (52.03)

17 (13.82)

123 (23.70)

Basic medical insurance for urban workers

97 (33.33)

154 (52.92)

40 (13.75)

291 (56.07)

Religious beliefs

No

27 (7.40)

148 (40.55)

190 (52.05)

365 (70.33)

1.759a

0.079

Yes

16 (10.40)

70 (45.50)

68 (44.20)

154 (29.67)

Experience of the death of an immediately family member

Yes

127 (34.79)

190 (52.05)

48 (13.15)

365 (70.33)

0.973

0.615

No

54 (35.06)

75 (48.70)

25 (16.23)

154 (29.67)

Experience of caring for dying patients

Yes

95 (37.55)

127 (50.20)

31 (12.25)

253 (48.75)

2.237

0.327

No

86 (32.33)

138 (51.88)

42 (15.79)

266 (51.25)