Table 2 Respondents’ preference regarding end-of-life care discussion initiation and depth of information
From: Preference for initiation of end-of-life care discussion in Indonesia: a quantitative study
Do you want healthcare provider to discuss about End-of-life Care? | |||
Yes | 190 (74.5%) | 106 (93.8%) | < 0.001* |
If yes the discussion should start at^ | |||
First diagnosis | 130 (68.4%) | 55 (51.9%) | 0.017** |
When patient ask for it | 39 (20.5%) | 31 (29.2%) | |
Initiation of therapy | 15 (7.9%) | 12 (11.3%) | |
Right before discharge | 6 (3.2%) | 7 (6.6%) | |
Other | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.9%) | |
If yes.who should initiate the discussion^ | |||
Doctor | 112 (58.9%) | 76 (71.1%) | 0.036** |
Myself (by my request) | 74 (38.9%) | 26 (24.5%) | |
Nurse | 3 (1.6%) | 2 (1.9%) | |
Other | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (1.9%) | |
In case of terminal illness.do you want to know about | |||
Diagnosis | |||
Yes | 232 (91.0%) | 112 (99.1%) | 0.004* |
Life expectancy | |||
Yes | 186 (72.9%) | 94 (83.2%) | 0.034* |
Who else do you wish to know above information? | |||
Spouse | 184 (72.2%) | 100 (88.5%) | 0.001* |
Parent | 139 (54.5%) | 62 (54.9%) | 0.949* |
Child | 90 (35.3%) | 58 (51.3%) | 0.004* |
Friend | 38 (14.9%) | 14 (12.4%) | 0.523* |
Other | 1 (0.4%) | 2 (1.8%) | 0.224** |
No One | 43 (16.9%) | 4 (3.5%) | < 0.001* |